Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 401 · Decided 26 March 2019
The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Uday Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 401 · [2019] 6 S.C.R. 154
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 524/2019
- Decided
- 26 March 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 451, 482
Headnote
Forest Act, 1927: ss. 52(substituted by MP Act 25 of 1983), 52A - Seizure of property liable to confiscation and procedure thereof - Seizure of tractor and trolley involved in illegal excavation of sand from Chambal river - Confiscation proceedings initiated in terms Jurisdiction of the Magistrate u/s. 451 CrPC to order interim release of the seized vehicle - Held: Procedure is governed by ss. 52 and 52A - Magistrate has no jurisdiction u/s. 451 CrPC to direct release of the seized vehicle - Order passed by the High Court u/s. 482 CrPC
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