No, in addition to lawyers, detained criminal suspects, defendants, their legal representatives and close relatives can also apply for bail pending trial.
The procedures for obtaining bail pending trial are as follows:
1. Criminal suspects and defendants in custody, their legal representatives and close relatives have the right to apply for bail pending trial. If a criminal suspect is arrested, his lawyer may apply for bail pending trial. The application for bail pending trial shall be made in writing.
2. The public security organ, the people's procuratorate and the people's court shall, within 7 days after receiving the application for bail pending trial, make a reply on whether or not to agree. If a decision is made to release a criminal suspect or defendant on bail pending trial, it shall be reported to the person in charge of the public security organ at or above the county level, the procurator-general of the procuratorate or the president of the people's court for approval, and a "Decision on Bail Pending Trial" and a "Notice on Execution of Bail Pending Trial" shall be issued, and the criminal suspect or defendant shall be ordered to put forward a guarantor or pay a deposit. Those who do not meet the statutory conditions for obtaining a guarantor pending trial shall not agree to obtain a guarantor pending trial. If he does not agree to obtain bail pending trial, he shall inform the applicant and explain the reasons for his disagreement. In addition, according to the needs of the case, the judicial organs can decide on their own bail pending trial.
3. The executing organ of bail pending trial is the public security organ. At the time of execution, the public security organ shall read the "Decision on Bail Pending Trial" to the criminal suspect and defendant, order them to sign or seal it, and inform them of the regulations they should abide by during bail pending trial.
To sum up: criminal suspects, defendants, their legal representatives and close relatives can apply for bail pending trial, and lawyers are only one of the application methods. However, it should be noted that bail pending trial needs to meet certain conditions and procedural requirements, and the applicant needs to provide corresponding certification materials and safeguard measures, which have been approved.
Legal basis:
Article 67 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates: "The people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs may obtain bail pending trial for a criminal suspect or defendant under any of the following circumstances:
(a) may be sentenced to public surveillance, criminal detention or independent application of supplementary punishment;
(two) may be sentenced to more than fixed-term imprisonment, bail will not cause social danger;
(3) A woman who is seriously ill, unable to take care of herself, pregnant or breast-feeding her baby is released on bail pending trial, which will not cause social danger;
(four) the detention period expires, the case has not yet been settled, and it is necessary to get a bail pending trial.
Bail pending trial shall be executed by the public security organ. "
Article 97 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates: "Criminal suspects, defendants and their legal representatives, close relatives or defenders have the right to apply for changing compulsory measures."