VidhiSangh

Indian Contract Act, 1872

Section 138: Release of one co-surety does not discharge others

Chapter VIII — Of Indemnity and Guarantee

138. Where there are co-sureties, a release by the creditor of one of them does not discharge the others; neither does it free the surety so released from his responsibility to the other sureties 1 .

Source: official text of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.