Deposit instead of recognizance

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973 (CrPC)

Section 445 - Deposit instead of recognizance

When any person is required by any Court or officer to execute a bond with or without sureties, 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