Every accused person is entitled to apply to the court for bail while waiting for trial. The decision is up to the court to give or not to give bail to an accused person.

• The surety for a person released on bail may at any time request court to stop being the accused surety.
• The request is made by word before the court.
• The surety produces the released person in court and requests to stop bring their surety.

• For simple offences e.g. threatening violence, obtaining money by false pretence, malicious damage to property etc, this is done in the magistrate’s courts where the accused is being tried.
• For serious offences e.g. murder, rape, defilement, aggravated robbery, the accused applies for bail in the high court.