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Section 15
Investigating Officer may release person in custody

(1) If it is not deemed necessary or appropriate to keep a person in custody in the course of investigation in accordance with this Code, the investigating officer shall take the consent of the public prosecutor or, if such consent cannot be obtained immediately, take a bond or surety from such person, who shall produce a paper with reasons, or present him in the custody of a competent person. It can be left on bail or kept on date.
(2) According to sub-section (1), if a case is to be prosecuted against a person who has been released on bail or on bail or kept on a date, in such a case, he must appear and produce his documents.
(3) According to sub-section (1), the person who gives bail shall make the person released on bail to appear at the time specified by the investigating officer or public prosecutor's office.
(4) If such person does not appear at the time specified under sub-section (3), the investigating officer may impose a fine of up to fifty thousand rupees on the person giving bail.
(5) In accordance with sub-section (1), the investigating officer shall inform the public prosecutor and the higher police office of the fact that the investigation has been conducted on a date.