BNSS Section 490-Deposit instead of recognizance

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.

[Old Corresponding Section: Section 445 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973]