Section 229A of IPC providing punishment for breach of bail condition of appearance before court is removed in BNSS 2023

 Central Government Act

Section 229A in The Indian Penal Code

²³³ [229A. Failure by person released on bail or bond to appear in Court.—Whoever, having been charged with an offence and released on bail or on bond without sureties, fails without sufficient cause (the burden of proving which shall lie upon him), to appear in Court in accordance with the terms of the bail or bond, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both. Explanation.—The punishment under this section is—

(a) in addition to the punishment to which the offender would be liable on a conviction for the offence with which he has been charged; and

(b) without prejudice to the power of the Court to order forfeiture of the bond.]

Section 229A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which dealt with the punishment for the failure to comply with a court order, has been completely repealed in the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. 

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