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.
CHAPTER XXXV PROVISIONS AS TO BAIL AND BONDS
Section 490: Deposit instead of recognizance
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Corresponding CrPC provision
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
Questions on this section
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1. Assertion (A): A person ordered to execute a bond for good behaviour may be permitted to deposit a sum of money or Government promissory notes in lieu of executing the bond. Reason (R): Section 490 of the BNSS permits a Court or officer to allow such a deposit in lieu of executing a bond or bail bond, except in the case of a bond for good behaviour.