Supreme Court of India
State Bank of India v. Rajendra Kumar Singh & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We accordingly allow this appeal, set aside the order of the High Court dated April 5, 1963 and direct that the 21 currency notes of the denomination of Rs. 1000 each seized by the Madhya Pradesh Police should be returned to the appellant.
Judgment, Final paragraph, p. 223
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, Ss. 517 and 520—Order of the Court directing return of seized property—If necessary to give party adversely affected notice of hearing and opportunity to be heard—Who has 'right to possess' within the meaning of s. 517. 21 currency notes of Rs. 1,000 each were seized from the Appellant Bank by the police in the course of an investigation of a case against the third respondent of cheating the first and second respondents.…
Authorities it was built on
- Cooper v. Wandsworth Board of Works
- Ridge v. Baldwin
- 1962 Board of High School & Intermediate Education, U P., Allahabad v. Ghanshyam Das Gupta and Others
- Whistler v. Forster
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