Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 86 · Decided 18 April 1978
Ram Parkash Sharma v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 86 · [1978] 3 S.C.R. 691
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 184/1978
- Decided
- 18 April 1978
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, V.D. TULZAPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 457
Headnote
ll Criniinal Procedure Code, (Act II of 1974), 1973~ Section 437-Procedure upon seizure of p1·operty, by the Police-Seizure renorted' to the Special Judge, but not yet produced before the Court-Power of the Court to release the property. A considerable sum of money was recovered by the nerson, namely, Sri Bansi Lal. An application made under Section 457 of C the Criminal Procedure Code was rejected Dy the Courts below holding that the Special Jqdge had no power to release the seized property. Allowing the appeal by special leave, the Court, HELD : 1. Chapter 34 of the
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