CrPC 458 — Procedure where no claimant appears within six months

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

(1) If  no  person  within  such  period
establishes his claim to such  property, and if the  person in  whose  possession such property  was found is unable  to
show  that  it  was  legally  acquired  by  him,  the  Magistrate  may    by  order direct  that  such  property  shall  be  at  the
disposal of the State Government  and may be sold by that Government and the proceeds of such sale shall be dealt with in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) An appeal shall lie against any such order to the Court to which appeals ordinarily lie from convictions by the Magistrate.

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