Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
धारा 487
Discharge from custody
(1) As soon as the bond or bail bond has been executed, the person for whose appearance it has been executed shall be released; and, when he is in jail, the court admitting him to bail shall issue an order of release to the officer in charge of the jail, and such officer on receipt of the orders shall release him.
(2) Nothing in this section, section 478 or section 480, shall be deemed to require the release of any person liable to be detained for some matter other than that in respect of which the bond or bail bond was executed.
यह क्यों है
This makes clear that a grant of bail must actually translate into prompt physical release, closing any gap between a bail order being made and someone remaining unnecessarily in custody. It also clarifies that bail granted in one matter doesn't automatically free someone who is validly being held for an entirely separate, unrelated reason.