Security for good behaviour from persons disseminating certain matters.
What this section does
An Executive Magistrate who receives information that a person within local jurisdiction is intentionally disseminating matter punishable under specified sections of BNS 2023 (including sedition-related, communal, or obscene matter) or is circulating obscene material may require that person to show cause why they should not execute a bond or bail bond for good behaviour. Proceedings against editors, proprietors, printers, or publishers of publications registered and operating under the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 may only be taken by order or under authority of the State Government.
AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).
Procedure at a glance
- Key actors
- Executive Magistrate · State Government · Editor/Proprietor/Printer/Publisher · Person disseminating matter
- Time limit
- Bond period not exceeding one year.
Derived from CrPC s.108.
Read the official text
For the binding statutory text of BNSS Section 127, refer to the Gazette of India or the India Code official website.
Why this matters
BNSS Section 127 forms part of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita which replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 on 1 July 2024. Any new filing, FIR, charge sheet, or bail application made on or after that date should cite the new section number. References to the old act in legacy documents remain valid for matters that arose before the changeover.