Prisoner to be brought to Court in custody
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Summary
When a lawful order for a prisoner's attendance is delivered to the prison officer (and countersigned where required), the officer must take the named person to the court at the time stated. The prisoner must be kept in custody in or near the court until examined or until the court authorises return to the prison.
Example
Ravi is serving a sentence in the district prison and the court sends a formal order for his appearance at 11 AM, countersigned as required. The prison officer must bring Ravi to that court at 11 AM and keep him in custody at or near the court until Ravi is examined or the court allows him to be taken back to prison.
Bare Act
Enacted textSubject to the provisions of section 269, the officer in charge of the prison shall, upon delivery of an order made under Sub-Section (1) of section 267 and duly countersigned, where necessary, under Sub-Section (2) thereof, cause the person named in the order to be taken to the Court in which his attendance is required, so as to be present there at the time mentioned in the order, and shall cause him to be kept in custody in or near the Court until he has been examined or until the Court authorises him to be taken back to the prison in which he was confined or detained.
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