Legal Provisions of Section 229A of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Failure by person released on bail or bond to appear in Court:
This section makes failure by person released on bail or bond to appear in Court a punishable offence. This was inserted by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005 vide Section 44 (c). It says that whoever, having been charged with an offence and released either 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 simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending upto one year, or with fine, or with both.
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ADVERTISEMENTS:
The explanation attached to this section says that the punishment under this section is 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.