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Provisional Release to the Court

Provisional release is a mean whereby a person continues to enjoy
freedom or regains it after having been placed in preventive detention during

the criminal proceedings. Such application is for provisional release without

bail, or with bail, or with bail and security submitted to the court to consider for
a release of an accused or a defendant for a specified period of time.

Table 6. The Applications for Provisional Release to the Court in Thailand

Number of The Accused or the
Applications The Court Granted The Court Denied Defendant Absconds
Thai Foreigner Thai Foreigner Thai Foreigner Thai Foreigner

233,446 4,429 213,563 3,531 19,883 898 4,167 185
Note: The number of applications = The court grant + The court deny

Overall, in 2020, there were 237,875 applications for provisional release in

total and 91% of them (217,094 applications) were granted by the court.
However, there is 2% of the accused or the defendants have absconded after

getting the provisional release.

Penalties and Defendants

Important purposes of the Criminal Law Enforcement in Thailand are to

put people’s living in order to protect innocent people, and to impose the

penalties for a person who violates any social rules considered as the criminal
offences. In 2020, there were 587,924 defendants in criminal cases and most of

them were suspension of punishment. However, Fines were the most common

type of sentence given by the Thai courts.

The defendants are not only Thai people but also any foreigners who
violated the law of Thailand. Considering gender of defendants, 82% of Thais

are male, and 83% of foreigners are male too.

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