(1) Every person to whom any grant of letters of administration, other than a grant under section 241, is committed, shall give a bond to the District Judge with one or more surety or sureties, engaging for the due collection, getting in, and administering the estate of the deceased, which bond shall be in such form as the Judge may, by general or special order, direct.
(2) When the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina or an exempted person-
(a) the exception made by sub-section (1) in respect of a grant under section 241 shall not operate.
(b) the District Judge may demand a like bond from any person to whom probate is granted.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 291
Section 291 mandates that every person to whom letters of administration are committed must execute an Administration Bond with sureties for the faithful administration of the estate.
In uncontested petitions where the applicant is the sole surviving heir (e.g. sole son or surviving widow), counsel should file an application under Section 291(2) praying for dispensation of sureties, offering a personal bond to avoid the burden of arranging third-party property sureties.