Bail is quite simply some form of money deposited or pledged to a court in order to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the entire amount of the bail deposited.For the very wealthy, bail is really a very easy process. It is merely depositing with the court system the amount required for the specific charges. If the bail is $10,000, that amount is delivered to the court system in a process known as “posting cash bail”.