Arrest And Attachment Before Judgment;Good article
Arrest before judgment
1. Where defendant may be called upon to furnish security for appear-
ance.—
Where at any stage of a suit, other than a suit of the nature referred to in Section 16,
clauses (a) to (d), the Court is satisfied, by affidavit or otherwise:
(a) that the defendant, with intent to delay the plaintiff, or to avoid any process
of the Court or to obstruct or delay the execution of any decree that may
be passed against him:
(i) has absconded or left the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court; or
(ii) is about to abscond or leave the local limits of the jurisdiction of the
Court, or
(iii) has disposed of or removed from the local limits of the jurisdiction of the
Court his property or any part thereof, or
(b) that the defendant is about to leave 1[India] under circumstances affording
reasonable probability that the plaintiff will or may thereby be obstructed
or delayed in the execution of any decree that may be passed against the
defendant in the suit, the Court may issue a warrant to arrest the defendant
and bring him before the Court to show cause why he should not furnish
https://www.lawweb.in/2013/11/order-xxxviii-arrest-and-attachment.html
