(1) When a Court of Session or Court of a Magistrate of the first class convicts
a person of any of the offences specified in sub-section (2) or of abetting any such offence
and is of opinion that it is necessary to take security from such person for keeping the
peace, the Court may, at the time of passing sentence on such person, order him to execute
a bond, with or without sureties, for keeping the peace for such period, not exceeding three
years, as it thinks fit.
(2) The offences referred to in sub-section (1) are—
(a) any offence punishable under Chapter VIII of the Bharatiya Nyaya
Sanhita, 2023, other than an offence punishable under section 191 or section 194 or
section 195 thereof;
(b) any offence which consists of, or includes, assault or using criminal force or
committing mischief;
(c) any offence of criminal intimidation;
(d) any other offence which caused, or was intended or known to be likely to
cause, a breach of the peace.
(3) If the conviction is set aside on appeal or otherwise, the bond so executed shall
become void.
(4) An order under this section may also be made by an Appellate Court or by a Court
when exercising its powers of revision.
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