Rahmatullah Vs. Emperor

criminal procedure code (act v of 1898), section 110 - sureties for good behaviour--sureties offered residing at a distance, whether should be rejected. - - however, one of them, lamed prohit basant lal, who is a zemindar of the village in which the accused liver, as expressed his willingness to take the not into his service and to look after him luring the period under which he is bound to be of good behaviour.grimwood mears, c.j.1. it appears in this case hat the two sureties were rejected on the ground that they were residents of bijnour, which is some eleven miles away from the place of residence of the accused. the deputy magistrate took what is a not inreasonable ground, that they being so as away would be unable to exercise any control over him. however, one of them, lamed prohit basant lal, who is a zemindar of the village in which the accused liver, as expressed his willingness to take the not into his service and to look after him luring the period under which he is bound to be of good behaviour. that, of course, s not an undertaking that the court can inforce and if it transpired later, on an inquiry, that that was not a genuine offer the accused was not taken into the service of the surety, that might be a ground for re-opening the proceedings, but the whole, having regard to al] the circumstances of the case, and regarding as i do the offer of basant lal as genninp, i feel inclined to follow the same line of reasoning which mr. justice chamier adopted in bhagwan sahai v. emperor 7 ind. cas. 910 : 7 a.l.j.. 993 : 11 cr.l.j. 536, in that case he was of opinion that sureties should not be rejected merely on the ground that they lived 10 miles away and that one ought nor to put unnecessary difficulties in the way of people required to 5nd sureties. under these circumstances, the matter should go bask to the learned district magistrate who will sail upon the sureties to enter into bonds, and when that has been done the accused will be released.