CHAPTER IX SECURITY FOR KEEPING THE PEACE AND FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR

Section 136: Order to give security

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

If, upon such inquiry, it is proved that it is necessary for keeping the peace or maintaining good behaviour, as the case may be, that the person in respect of whom the inquiry is made should execute a bond or bail bond, the Magistrate shall make an order accordingly:

Provided that—

(a) no person shall be ordered to give security of a nature different from, or of an amount larger than, or for a period longer than, that specified in the order made under section 130;

(b) the amount of every bond or bail bond shall be fixed with due regard to the circumstances of the case and shall not be excessive;

Corresponding CrPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

136	117. Order to give security.

Questions on this section

2 questions in 16 of our papers cite Section 136. Try these from the free papers:

1. Under the proviso to Section 136 BNSS, when the person in respect of whom an inquiry for security is made is a child, the bond:

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