Section 34
Security for abstaining from commission of offence.
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to narcotic drugs, to make stringent provisions for the control and regulation of operations relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances , to provide for the forfeiture of property derived from, or used in, illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, to implement the provisions of the International Conventions on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and for matters connected therewith.
(1) Whenever any person is convicted of
an offence punishable under any provision of Chapter IV and the court convicting him is of opinion that it
is necessary to require such person to execute a bond for abstaining from the commission of any offence
under this Act, the court may, at the time of passing sentence on such person, order him to execute a bond
for a sum proportionate to his means, with or without sureties, for abstaining from commission of any
offence under Chapter IV during such period not exceeding three years as it thinks fit to fix.
(2) The bond shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government and the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall, in so far as they are applicable, apply to all matters connected with such bond as if it were a bond to keep the peace ordered to be executed under section 106 of that Code.
(3) If the conviction is set aside on appeal or otherwise, the bond so executed shall become void.
(4) An order under this section may also be made by an appellate court or by the High Court or Sessions Judge when exercising the powers of revision.
(2) The bond shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government and the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall, in so far as they are applicable, apply to all matters connected with such bond as if it were a bond to keep the peace ordered to be executed under section 106 of that Code.
(3) If the conviction is set aside on appeal or otherwise, the bond so executed shall become void.
(4) An order under this section may also be made by an appellate court or by the High Court or Sessions Judge when exercising the powers of revision.