Police can't seize property during investigation: SC
Tuesday - September 24, 2019 11:06 am ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that police has no power to seize immovable property during an investigation.The top court upheld the Bombay High Court order.A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna had heard the matter relating to powers of the police under section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Code in respect of seizure of property during investigation.The court was hearing Maharashtra government plea challenging a Bombay High Court order which held that the police has no power to seize property during the course of an ongoing probe.The ruling was announced by the bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.
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