Criminal Procedure Code · 1985 Revised Edition · Part V · Information to Police and Their Powers to Investigate
126. Police officer may require bond for appearance of complainant and witnesses
Feedback & supportIf upon a police investigation under this Chapter it appears to the officer making the investigation that there is sufficient evidence or reasonable ground of suspicion to justify the commencement or continuance of criminal proceedings for a seizable offence against any person, the officer shall require the complainant, if any, and so many of the persons who appear to the officer to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case as he thinks necessary, to execute a bond to appear before a court and give evidence in the matter of the charge against the accused. [Form 25.]
seizable offence
“seizable offence” means an offence for which and “seizable case” means a case in which a police officer may ordinarily arrest without warrant according to the third column of Schedule A;
The officer in whose presence the bond is executed shall send it to the court.
If any complainant or witness refuses to execute the bond, that officer shall report the matter to the court which may then in its discretion issue a warrant or summons to secure the attendance of the complainant or witness before itself to give evidence in the matter of the charge against the accused. [125