NBWs stand for “Non-Bailable Warrants.” When an NBW is issued by a court, it empowers the police to arrest the individual named in the warrant and produce them before the issuing court. The court will then decide whether the accused person should be granted bail or remanded to custody based on the circumstances of the case. Non-Bailable Warrants under the code of criminal procedure are issued by courts as a preventive measure to secure the presence of individuals who are either accused of committing serious offences or who are potential witnesses. Section 73 of the Code of Criminal Procedure deals with the issuance of a warrant to any person within the local jurisdiction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class for the arrest of an escaped convict, proclaimed offender, or any person accused of a non-bailable offence who is evading arrest.