Sec. 3.6. (a) This section applies only to a defendant who is charged with committing a violent crime (as defined in IC 5-2-6.1-8 ) that results in bodily injury to a person. (b) If a court releases a defendant described in subsection (a) to bail without holding a bail hearing in open court, the court shall include as a condition of bail the requirement that the defendant refrain from any direct or indirect contact with the victim: (1) for ten (10) days after release; or (2) until the initial hearing; whichever occurs first. (c) At the initial hearing, the court may reinstate or modify the condition that the defendant refrain from direct or indirect contact with the victim.
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