MER ARVINDKUMAR MASARIBHAI vs The State Of Gujarat

1 CRI.M.A.No.

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Procedure by police upon seizure of property. (1) Whenever the seizure of property by any police officer is reported to a Magistrate under the provisions of this Code, and such property is not produced before a Criminal Court during an inquiry or trial, the 4 CRI.M.A.No.

RI.M.A.No.

422/2023 Magistrate may make such order as he thinks fit respecting the disposal of such property or the delivery of such property to the person entitled to the possession thereof, or if such person cannot be ascertained, respecting the custody and production of such property. (2) If the person so entitled is known, the Magistrate may order the property to be delivered to him on such conditions (if any) as the Magistrate thinks fit and if such person is unknown, the Magistrate may detain it and shall, in such case, issue a proclamation specifying the articles of which such property consists, and requiring any person who may have a claim thereto, to appear before him and establish his claim within six months from the date of such proclamation.

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Shri Pandya has cited so many authorities with regard to legal possession of Sec.

451 and Sec.

452 of Cr.P.C.

Here in this case owner lodged a complaint in the police station for which offence has been registered for theft having been committed in respect of two vehicles.

That two vehicles have been found from the possession of the purchaser but at the same time the Investigating Officer has come to a conclusion that complainant has filed a false case and therefore muddamal vehicles are seized during the course of the police investigation and Investigating Officer has reported about such seizure of two vehicles, from the purchaser to the Court and therefore Sec.

457 of Cr.P.C. will be applicable. pplicable.

In no case Sec.

451 Cr.P.C. will be applicable to this case.

Sec.

457 of Cr.P.C. reads as follows: "Sec.

457 Procedure by police upon seizure of property: (1) Whenever the seizure of property by any police officer is reported to a Magistrate under the provisions of this Code, and such property is not produced before a Criminal Court during an inquiry of trial, the Magistrate may make such order as he thinks fit respecting the disposal of such property or the delivery of such property to the person entitled to the possession thereof, or if such person cannot be ascertained, respecting the custody and production of such property." (2) If the person so entitled is known, the Magistrate may order the property to be delivered to him on such conditions (if any) as the Magistrate thinks fit and if such person is unknown, the Magistrate may detain it and shall, in such case, issue a proclamation specifying the articles of which such property consists, and requiring any person who may have a claim thereto, to appear before him and establish his claim within six months from the date of such proclamation." 10.

On reading aforesaid section, it is crystal clear that words "may make such order as he thinks fit" are of much importance.

When word `may' is used discretion has been given to the learned Magistrate, of course that discretion is to be exercised judicially keeping in mind the well settled principles of law.

The words "to the person entitled to the possession thereof" are also important and relevant.

From the papers if the learned Magistrate has come to a conclusion that particular person is entitled to the possession of the vehicles then he can pass the order directing the muddamal article to be handed over to that person.

5 CRI.M.A.No.

422/2023 From record it appears that the purchaser has paid Rs.3,10,000/- to the owner of the vehicles and society was knowing about the fact that owner has already sold vehicles to purchaser.

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As discussed earlier, when the learned Magistrate has followed the decision of this Court, in Hussain Amibhai Qureshi (Supra), it cannot be said that he has passed an order contrary to well settled legal position with regard to return of muddamal articles under Sec.

457 of Cr.P.C. pending the inquiry.

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