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When a Court of Session or a Magistrate of the first class convicts a person of any of the offences specified in Sub-section (2), or of abetting any such offence, and believes that it is necessary to take security from the convicted person for keeping the peace, the Court may, at the time of passing sentence, order the person to execute a bond, with or without sureties, for keeping the peace for a period not exceeding three years, as the Court deems fit.

(2) The offences referred to in Sub-section (1) are:

• Any offence punishable under Chapter VIII of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), except offences punishable under Section 153A, Section 153B, or Section 154 thereof;
• Any offence that consists of, or includes, assault, using criminal force, or committing mischief;
• Any offence of criminal intimidation;
• Any other offence that caused, or was intended or known to be likely to cause, a breach of the peace.

(3) If the conviction is set aside on appeal or otherwise, the bond executed under this section shall become void.

(4) An order under this section may also be made by an Appellate Court or a Court exercising its powers of revision.