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BNSS Section 128: Security for good behaviour from suspected persons

Verbatim · BNSS128. Security for good behaviour from suspected persons.—When an Executive Magistrate receives information that there is within his local jurisdiction a person taking precautions to conceal his presence and that there is reason to believe that he is doing so with a view to committing a cognizable offence, the Magistrate may, in the manner hereinafter provided, require such person to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond or bail bond for his good behaviour for such period, not exceeding one year, as the Magistrate thinks fit.

Corresponds (indicatively) to CrPC 109 of the repealed Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC → BNSS table

Cite as: Section 128, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023)