Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders.
What this section does
An Executive Magistrate who receives information that a person within local jurisdiction is a habitual offender (including habitual robbers, house-breakers, thieves, forgers, receivers of stolen property, those who habitually commit kidnapping, extortion, cheating, breach-of-peace offences, or offences under specified Acts) or is so desperate and dangerous as to be hazardous to the community may require that person to show cause why they should not execute a bail bond for good behaviour. The maximum bond period for habitual offenders under this section is three years.
AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).
Procedure at a glance
- Key actors
- Executive Magistrate · Habitual offender
- Time limit
- Bond period not exceeding three years.
Derived from CrPC s.110.
Read the official text
For the binding statutory text of BNSS Section 129, refer to the Gazette of India or the India Code official website.
Why this matters
BNSS Section 129 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.