Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 446 -- Bail bond cancelled as accused failed to appear - Accused arrested in another case - Penalty of Rs.20,000/- imposed on surety - Penalty reduced to Rs.10,000/-...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 446 -- Accused absconded while on bail - Notice to surety - Penalty of Rs.50,000/- imposed - Penalty reduced to Rs.30,000/-...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 446(3) -- Bond - Forfeiture - Court forfeiting the surety cannot remit or order part payment of the penalty after imposing such penalty at any later stage...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 446 -- Bond - Forfeiture - Before issuance of show cause notice to surety, Magistrate to satisfy himself that there is a prima facie material for such forfeiture of bond and before forfeiture and issue of distress warrant, an opportunity should be given to the surety...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439, 446 -- Accused on bail - Accused jumped the bail - Surety failed to produce accused inspite of time sought by him - Surety imposed with penalty of Rs.7,000/- - Held, penalty is justified...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 446, 449 -- Accused on bail - Accused absented - No satisfactory explanation for absence - Bail bond cancelled - Accused directed to pay penalty of Rs.20,000/-...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 441, 446 -- Bail bond - Liability of sureties - Modification of condition of bail order would not absolve liability of sureties - Most essential element of bail order is for ensuring the attendance of the accused - Other conditions are only subsidiary thereto - Forfeiture of bond would entail penalty against each surety for amount..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 446(3) -- Bail bond - Forfeiture - Accused a foreign national - Bond executed by sureties for Rs.25,000 - Accused jumping out bail and slipping to foreign country - Trial Court imposing penalty of Rs.25,000 each on sureties - No allegation that sureties, connived with accused jumping out bail - Court could have imposed condition to..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 401, 446(1) -- Forfeiture of Bond - Held u/S.446(1) of the Code when a bond is alleged to have been forfeited, the Court is required to record evidence and arrive at a conclusion that it is proved to his satisfaction that parties have forfeited their bond and thereafter he is required to record the grounds of such proof and may call..........
