Haraprasad 02 October 2020

Station bail related doubts

Sir,if I have arrested a person under section 141 of Railway Act 1989 and enlarged the accused on bail bond by realizing an amount of Rs 2000 since it is a bailable offence.where the money has to be deposited since the court is not functioning due to corona.Further can I collect the bail bond money in electronic form like paytm or phone pay please throw light on this.

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{Balu manikantan} SUBRAMANYAM (Practising Advocate) 03 October 2020

Who are you.

Are you a passenger.

Dr J C Vashista (Advocate) 03 October 2020

Your locus standi to arrest a person is important as Section 141 of Railways Act provide:

141. Needlessly interfering with means of communication in a train.—If any passenger or any other person, without reasonable and sufficient cause, makes use of, or interferes with, any means provided by a railway administration in a train for communication between passengers and the railway servant in charge of the train, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both: Provided that, in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in the judgment of the court, where a passenger, without reasonable and sufficient cause, makes use of the alarm chain provided by a railway administration, such punishment shall not be less than—

(a) a fine of five hundred rupees, in the case of conviction for the first offence; and

(b) imprisonment for three months in case of conviction for the second or subsequent offence.

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