HC: Accused can make money transfer as surety

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16.01.2022

The Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered that an accused, granted bail in relation to any case registered against him, should be given a choice to either furnish surety bonds or to handover a FD, to secure his release due to “decrease in dependence of individuals on communities”. As per the standard practice, the accused have to furnish surety of local persons to ensure an undertaking that he would not to run away from the law.