Forms of custody etc
60 Forms of custody etc
When a defendant is apprehended under a warrant or is remanded upon any adjournment of the hearing, the Magistrates Court may commit the defendant—
by warrant to the nearest prison or to some place of security; or
verbally to the custody of the constable or other person who has apprehended him; or
verbally to such other safe custody as the Magistrates Court deems fit, and the Magistrates Court must order the defendant to be brought before the Magistrates Court at some stated time and place, of which order the informant shall have due notice.
In any such case, the Magistrates Court may, instead of committing the defendant to prison or some other form of custody, release him on bail.
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