Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 490
Deposit instead of recognizance
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BNSS Section 490 deals with deposit instead of recognizance and replaces CrPC 445.
Bare act text — BNSS 490
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.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 445 → BNSS 490: The words "bond with or without sureties" are replaced by "bond or bail bond".
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 490 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 490 (Deposit instead of recognizance) replaces Section 445 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 445 is now BNSS 490.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 485 — Bond of accused and sureties
- BNSS 486 — Declaration by sureties
- BNSS 487 — Discharge from custody
- BNSS 488 — Power to order sufficient bail when that first taken is insufficient
- BNSS 489 — Discharge of sureties
- BNSS 491 — Procedure when bond has been forfeited
- BNSS 492 — Cancellation of bond and bail bond
- BNSS 493 — Procedure in case of insolvency or death of surety or when a bond is forfeited
- BNSS 494 — Bond required from child
- BNSS 495 — Appeal from orders under section 491