law: Companies Act, 2013 
  214.
  
    Security
  
  for payment of costs and expenses of investigation.
  Where
  
  an investigation is ordered by the Central Government in pursuance of clause (b )
  
  of sub-section (1 ) of section 210, or in pursuance of an order made by
  
  the Tribunal under section 213, the Central Government may before appointing an
  
  inspector under subsection (3 ) of section 210 or clause (b ) of
  
  section 213, require the applicant to give such security not exceeding
  
  twenty-five thousand rupees as may be prescribed, as it may think fit, for
  
  payment of the costs and expenses of the investigation and such security shall
  
  be refunded to the applicant if the investigation results in prosecution.