# Read the section. Not someone's summary of it.

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> "(1) When any person accused of any non-bailable offence is arrested or detained without warrant by an officer in charge of a police station, or appears or is brought before a Court, he may be released on bail" (Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898)

## Sources

- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898: Section 497. When bail may be taken in case of non-bailable offence

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