(1) 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 executes 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;
(c) the time at which he is to attend before the Court.
(3) Whenever security is taken under this section, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall forward the bond to the Court.
Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
71 CrPC Power to direct security to be taken
72 CrPC Warrants to whom directed
73 CrPC Warrant may be directed to any person
74 CrPC Warrant directed to police officer
75 CrPC Notification of substance of warrant
76 CrPC Person arrested to be brought before Court without delay
77 CrPC Where warrant may be executed
78 CrPC Warrant forwarded for execution outside jurisdiction
79 CrPC Warrant directed to police officer for execution outside jurisdiction
80 CrPC Procedure on arrest of person against whom warrant issued