CrPC § 76 — Court may direct security to be taken

Statutory text (English)

Any Court issuing a warrant for the arrest of any person
may in its discretion direct by endorsement on the warrant that, if such person execute a bond with
sufficient sureties for his attendance before the court at a specified time and thereafter until otherwise
directed by the Court, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall take such security and shall release
such person from custody.

(2) The endorsement shall state—
(a) the number of sureties;
(b) the amount in which they and the person for whose arrest the warrant is issued, are to be
respectively bound; and
(c) the time at which he is to attend before the Court.

(3) Recognizance to be forwarded. Whenever security is taken under this section the officer to whom
the warrant is directed shall forward the bond to the Court.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.76: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 42, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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