Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XLI · Disposal of Exhibits and of Property the Subject of Offences
412. Restoration of possession of immovable property
Feedback & supportWhenever a person is convicted of an offence attended by criminal force and it appears to the Court that by that force any person has been dispossessed of any immovable property, the
offence
“offence” means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force;
Court may, if it thinks fit, order that property to be restored to the possession of the person who has been dispossessed.
Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;
No such order shall prejudice any right or interest to or in that immovable property which any person may be able to establish in a civil suit.