BNSS 502 — Power to restore possession of immovable property.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

(1) When a  person is  convicted  of an
offence by use of criminal force or show of force or by criminal intimidation, and it appears to the Court
that,  by  such  use  of  force  or  show  of  force  or  intimidation,  any  person  has  been  dispossessed  of  any
immovable property, the Court may, if it thinks fit, order that possession of the same be restored to that
person after evicting by force, if necessary, any other person who may be in possession of the property:
Provided that  no  such  order  shall  be  made  by  the  Court  more  than  one  month  after  the  date  of  the
conviction.
(2) Where the Court trying the offence has not made an order under sub-section (1), the Court of appeal,
confirmation or revision may, if it thinks fit, make such order while disposing of the appeal, reference or
revision, as the case may be.
(3) Where an order has been made under sub-section (1), the provisions of section 500 shall apply in
relation thereto as they apply in relation to an order under section 499.
(4)  No  order  made  under  this  section  shall  prejudice  any  right  or  interest  to  or  in  such  immovable
property which any person may be able to establish in a civil suit.

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