Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter XXXI: Appeals
Section 414: Appeal from orders requiring security or refusal to accept or rejecting surety for keeping peace or good behavior
In plain words
A person ordered under section 136 to give security to keep the peace or for good behaviour, or aggrieved by the refusal or rejection of a surety under section 140, can appeal to the Court of Session, except where the case is already before the Sessions Judge under section 141.
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Official text
Any person, —-
(i) who has been ordered under section 136 to give security for keeping the peace or for good behaviour; or
(ii) who is aggrieved by any order refusing to accept or rejecting a surety under section 140,
may appeal against such order to the Court of Session:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to persons the proceedings against whom are laid before a Sessions Judge in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) or sub-section (4) of section 141.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 414
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