{"id":3749,"date":"2023-05-10T12:02:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T05:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/what-is-the-bail\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T18:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T11:29:29","slug":"what-is-the-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/en\/what-is-the-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Bail bond? Why and how much?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To prevent the accused or the detained person from being held in custody for longer than necessary during the investigation or trial. Because if there is no necessity for custody,they should be entitled to temporary release, which is a matter of rights and freedoms that must be presumed before the accused or the detainee is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, prior to reaching a final judgment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Table of contents<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><a href=\"#law1\">When can bail be requested<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><a href=\"#law2\">The eligible person to apply for bail<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><a href=\"#law3\">Applying for bail in court<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><a href=\"#law4\">The evidence required to be presented when applying for bail<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><a href=\"#law5\">Determination the amount of bail<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#law6\">summarize<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<span class=\"scroll-to\" data-label=\"Scroll to: #law1\" data-bullet=\"false\" data-link=\"#law1\" data-title=\"Change this\"><a name=\"law1\"><\/a><\/span>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>Requesting bail in court has three stages.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0The first stage is pre-trial bail, where the accused is released from custody and required to report to the prosecutor&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0The second stage is when the accused is remanded to court but no formal charges have been filed yet. When investigators or prosecutors bring the accused to court for remand, and the court grants the request for detention, it means the accused is now under the court&#8217;s control. At this point, the actual trial hasn&#8217;t begun yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0The third stage is when the court accepts the indictment, whether it&#8217;s filed by the prosecutor or by a private individual. Once the court accepts the indictment, if it happens, the defendant needs to appear in court for bail.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0If bail is not granted, the defendant must remain in custody until the case is concluded.<\/p>\n<span class=\"scroll-to\" data-label=\"Scroll to: #law2\" data-bullet=\"false\" data-link=\"#law2\" data-title=\"Change this\"><a name=\"law2\"><\/a><\/span>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<h2><em><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The eligible person to apply for bail<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>1.Defendant or detainee<\/p>\n<p>2.Beneficiaries involved may include: family members, heirs, spouses, siblings, and authority figures.<\/p>\n<span class=\"scroll-to\" data-label=\"Scroll to: #law3\" data-bullet=\"false\" data-link=\"#law3\" data-title=\"Change this\"><a name=\"law3\"><\/a><\/span>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>Applying for bail in court<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">1.Requesting bail during pre-trial detention <\/span>(while still being a suspect and not yet formally charged)this can be done when the suspect is brought by the police or prosecutor to request court permission for detention while the investigation is ongoing. The suspect has the right to request bail from the court.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">2.Requesting bail during the trial process.<\/span><br \/>It can be done when the defendant is charged by the prosecutor and changes their status from defendant to detainee. Detainees have the right to request bail from the court.<\/p>\n<p>In cases where the private individual is the victim (victim sues themselves),once the court has accepted the indictment, the accused may apply for bail either before the scheduled court date or on the actual court date specified in the summons to appear for the case.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">3.The request for bail at the appellate or supreme level.<\/span><br \/>When an accused person is detained or imprisoned as a result of a judgment from the lower court or the appellate court, they may request bail before filing an appeal or a petition, or they can request bail simultaneously with or after filing an appeal or a petition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0The bail application mentioned should be submitted to the court that issued the case judgment, or it may be submitted to the appellate court, the regional appellate court, or the Supreme Court, depending on the circumstances.<br \/>In this case, bail application can be made at the level where it is applicable. If the level of bail changes, a new bail application must be submitted according to the new level.<\/p>\n<span class=\"scroll-to\" data-label=\"Scroll to: #law4\" data-bullet=\"false\" data-link=\"#law4\" data-title=\"Change this\"><a name=\"law4\"><\/a><\/span>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>The evidence required to be presented when applying for bail<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>1.Identification cards, government employee cards, or position-related identification cards, along with copies of the defendant and guarantor&#8217;s household registration, are required.<\/p>\n<p>2.Assets such as land title deeds, certificates of Certificate of Utilization , cash, and bank account statements.<\/p>\n<p>3.Certification from the employer or the head of the organization (in cases of seeking bail based on one&#8217;s position or occupation).<\/p>\n<p>4.Certificate of appraisal value (in cases of using land title deeds, certificates of beneficial interest as collateral).<\/p>\n<p>5.Bank certification (in cases of using bank account books as collateral).<\/p>\n<p>6.Spousal consent documentation(in cases where the guarantor is married).<br \/>The amount of bail depends on the severity of the imprisonment. According to the criminal offense and the charges.<\/p>\n<span class=\"scroll-to\" data-label=\"Scroll to: #law5\" data-bullet=\"false\" data-link=\"#law5\" data-title=\"Change this\"><a name=\"law5\"><\/a><\/span>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>Determination the amount of bail<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0The determination of the bail amount in a bail bond contract for the accused depends on the severity of the charge or the basis of the offense. It can be in the form of cash (minimum amount) or the assessed value of property (minimum amount), as per the provisions of the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n<p>1.Violation of Duty: 60,000 &#8211; 130,000<br \/>2.Make a false statement: 40,000 &#8211; 70,000<br \/>3.Bring a False charge : 60,000 &#8211; 80,000<br \/>4.Give false evidence : 40,000 &#8211; 70,000<br \/>5.Defamation : 30,000 &#8211; 60,000<br \/>6.Arson: 170,000 &#8211; 250,000<br \/>7.Destruction of Documents: 30,000 &#8211; 60,000<br \/>8.Forgery of Ordinary Documents: 70,000 &#8211; 150,000<br \/>9.Forgery of Official Documents: 80,000 &#8211; 150,000<br \/>10.Forgery of Rights Documents as Official Documents: 90,000 &#8211; 180,000<br \/>11.Defamation of Women : 200,000 &#8211; 400,000<br \/>12.Indecent : 50,000 &#8211; 120,000<br \/>13.Procuring Women: 200,000 &#8211; 400,000<br \/>14.Abduction of Minors: 80,000 &#8211; 160,000<br \/>15.Abduction of Minors for Immoral Purposes: 100,000 &#8211; 200,000<br \/>16.Murder: 200,000 &#8211; 400,000<br \/>17.Unintentional Homicide: 100,000 &#8211; 200,000<br \/>18.Attempted Murder: 80,000 &#8211; 150,000<br \/>19.Causing Death to Others (Personal Driving): 80,000 &#8211; 150,000<br \/>20.Causing Death to Others (Commercial Driving, Contracting): 120,000 &#8211; 200,000<br \/>21.Causing death to others (mass death, 4 or more people) 150,000 &#8211; 300,000<br \/>22.Inflicting bodily harm causing disfigurement 80,000 &#8211; 160,000<br \/>23.Inflicting bodily harm 10,000 &#8211; 50,000<br \/>24.Robbery &#8211; 50,000 &#8211; 100,000<br \/>25.Burglary or robbery involving two or more clause &#8211; 80,000 &#8211; 160,000<br \/>26.Professional gang robbery &#8211; 100,000 &#8211; 200,000<br \/>27.Theft &#8211; 100,000 &#8211; 200,000<br \/>28.Theft with the use of firearms and vehicles &#8211; 150,000 &#8211; 300,000<br \/>29.Theft causing injury to the victim &#8211; 150,000 &#8211; 300,000<br \/>30.Theft resulting in the death of the victim &#8211; 200,000 &#8211; 400,000<br \/>31.Plunder &#8211; 200,000 &#8211; 300,000<br \/>32.Plunder with the use of firearms and vehicles &#8211; 250,000 &#8211; 350,000<br \/>33.Plunder causing injury to the victim &#8211; 260,000 &#8211; 400,000<br \/>34.Plunder resulting in the death of the victim &#8211; 300,000 &#8211; 500,000<br \/>35.Fraud &#8211; 30,000 &#8211; 70,000<br \/>36.Fraud against the public &#8211; 150,000 &#8211; 300,000<br \/>37.Fraud against the public involving job placement scams &#8211; 180,000 &#8211; 400,000<br \/>38.Fraud involving gold theft gangs, three-card gangs &#8211; 120,000 &#8211; 200,000<br \/>39.Fraud against creditors &#8211; 40,000 &#8211; 80,000<br \/>40.Blakmail &#8211; 80,000 &#8211; 120,000<br \/>41.Extortion &#8211; 100,000 &#8211; 200,000<br \/>42.Fraudulent conversion &#8211; 30,000 &#8211; 60,000<br \/>43.Receiving stolen goods &#8211; 50,000 &#8211; 100,000<br \/>44.Receiving stolen goods with involvement in robbery or theft &#8211; 100,000 &#8211; 200,000<br \/>45.Causing loss of property &#8211; 30,000 &#8211; 70,000<br \/>46.Intrusion &#8211; 30,000 &#8211; 70,000<br \/>47.Intrusion involving sexual offenses, life, or bodily harm &#8211; 100,000 &#8211; 200,000<br \/>48.Perjury &#8211; 50,000 &#8211; 100,000<br \/>49.Violation of the Check Act for checks of 1\/3 of the check amount but not exceeding 200,000 baht<\/p>\n<span class=\"scroll-to\" data-label=\"Scroll to: #law6\" data-bullet=\"false\" data-link=\"#law6\" data-title=\"Change this\"><a name=\"law6\"><\/a><\/span>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><b>summarize<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bail is a right that can be requested, but it&#8217;s not an absolute right that one is guaranteed to obtain.<\/p>\n<p>It means that we must convince the court that we deserve bail. Generally, judges intend to grant bail while awaiting trial. However, if there are legal reasons preventing it, we may not be granted bail.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if there&#8217;s a risk of committing the same offense again, interfering with witnesses or evidence, or if it&#8217;s a serious offense and there&#8217;s a fear of fleeing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bail is a right that can be requested, but it&#8217;s not an absolute right that one is guaranteed to obtain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-court-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champ-lawfirm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}