Section 490 Earlier CrPC 445
Deposit instead of recognizance
Chapter 35: Provisions as to bail and bonds
When any person is required by any Court or officer to execute a bond or bail bond, such Court or officer may, except in the case of a bond for good behaviour, permit him to deposit a sum of money or Government promissory notes to such amount as the Court or officer may fix in lieu of executing such bond.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 487Discharge from custodyCrPC 442
- 488Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficientCrPC 443
- 489Discharge of suretiesCrPC 444
- 491Procedure when bond has been forfeitedCrPC 446
- 492Cancellation of bond and bail bondCrPC 446A
- 493Procedure in case of insolvency or death of surety or when a bond is forfeitedCrPC 447