CrPC § 496 — In what cases bail to be taken

Statutory text (English)

When any person other than a person accused of a non-bailable
offence is arrested or detained without warrant by an officer incharge of a police-station, or appears or is
brought before a Court, and is prepared at any time while in the custody of such officer or at any stage of
the proceedings before such Court to give bail, such person shall be released on bail:

Provided that such
officer or Court, if he or it thinks fit, may, instead of taking bail from such person, discharge him on his
executing a bond without sureties for his appearance as hereinafter provided:
[Provided, further, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the provisions of section 107,
sub-section

(4), or section 117, sub-section

(3).]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.496: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 174, 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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• Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 174) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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