Short answer. Yes, where applicable. Rule 127, Section 1 provides that the provisional remedies available in civil actions may be availed of, insofar as they are applicable, in connection with the civil action that is deemed instituted with the criminal action. The remedy must fit the civil claim riding along with the criminal case.
What the law says
The provisional remedies in civil actions, insofar as they are applicable, may be availed of in connection with the civil action deemed instituted with the criminal action.
Rule 127, Section 1 — Availability of provisional remedies. Read the full provision →
The civil action riding with the criminal case
When a criminal case is filed, the civil action for damages arising from the offense is generally deemed instituted along with it, unless reserved, waived, or separately filed. Section 1 addresses what tools are available to protect that civil claim while it travels alongside the criminal prosecution. Filing that civil action separately, reserving it, or waiving it entirely would each take the claim outside the scope Section 1 is addressing here. This provision does not create a new civil action of its own; it only reaches the civil liability already deemed instituted with the criminal case, so a claimant who has reserved the right to file a separate civil action, or who never had a civil claim tied to the offense at all, cannot invoke Section 1 to obtain a provisional remedy through the criminal proceeding.
Borrowing from civil provisional remedies
Rather than creating a distinct set of protective remedies for this situation, Rule 127 imports the provisional remedies already available in ordinary civil actions — such as attachment or other measures meant to secure a judgment before it is rendered — for use in connection with this deemed-instituted civil action. This lets an offended party seek measures such as securing property that might otherwise be dissipated before a final judgment on the civil liability can be rendered. The party who obtains the remedy remains bound by the same obligations any civil litigant would carry — for instance, an attachment bond to answer for damages if the attachment later proves wrongful — since borrowing the remedy from civil procedure also means borrowing the safeguards that come with it.
The 'insofar as applicable' limit
That borrowing is not unconditional. Section 1 qualifies it with 'insofar as they are applicable,' meaning a civil provisional remedy is available here only to the extent it actually fits the context of a civil action proceeding within, and dependent on, a criminal case, rather than every civil remedy transplanting automatically. A party invoking this section should be prepared to show why the specific civil remedy sought genuinely fits the posture of a civil action riding within a criminal case. This is also why courts examine the specific remedy requested rather than treating Section 1 as a blanket incorporation of every civil provisional remedy into every criminal case; the applicability requirement keeps provisional remedies tied to what the deemed-instituted civil action actually needs.