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CHAPTER XXXIII PROVISIONS AS TO BAIL AND BONDS

Section 437A: Bail to require accused to appear before next appellate Court

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (46 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

1[(1) Before conclusion of the trial

and before disposal of the appeal, the Court trying the offence or the Appellate Court, as the case may be, shall

require the accused to execute bail bonds with sureties, to appear before the higher Court as and when such Court

issues notice in respect of any appeal or petition filed against the judgment of the respective Court and such bail

bonds shall be in force for six months.

(2) If such accused fails to appear, the bond stand forfeited and the procedure under section 446 shall apply.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Act 5 of 2009, s. 31 (w.e.f. 31-12-2009)

Now in the BNSS

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

437A. Bail to require accused to appear before next appellate Court.BNSS 481

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