Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

CrPC § 500 — Discharge from custody

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Statutory text (English)

(1) As soon as the bond has been executed, the person for whose
appearance it has been executed shall be released ; and, when he is in jail, the Court admitting him to bail
shall issue an order of release to the officer incharge of the Jail, and such officer on receipt of the order shall
release him.

(2) Nothing in this section, section 496 or section 497 shall be deemed to require the release of any
person liable to be detained for some matter other than that in respect of which the bond was executed.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.500: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 176, 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. 176) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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