Section 490 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Act: Deposit instead of recognizance.
Deposit instead of recognizance. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023
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.