law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  269.Officer in charge of prison to abstain
  
  from carrying out order in certain contingencies.-
  Where the person in respect of whom an order
  
  is made under section 267-
  (a) is by reason of sickness or infirmity unfit to be removed from the prison;
  
  or
  (b) is under committal for trial or under remand pending trial or pending a
  
  preliminary investigation; or
  (c) is in custody for a period which would expire before the expiration of the
  
  time required for complying with the order and for taking him back to the
  
  prison in which he is confined or detained; or
  (d) is a person to whom an order made by the State Government under section 268
  
  applies, the officer in charge of the prison shall abstain from carrying out
  
  the Court's order and shall send to the Court a statement of reasons for so
  
  abstaining:
  
  Provided that where the attendance of such person is required for giving
  
  evidence at a place not more than twenty-five kilometers distant from the
  
  prison, the officer in charge of the prison shall not so abstain for the reason
  
  mentioned in clause (b).