law: Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
  
  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 behavior, 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.