CrPC Section 451 — Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial in certain cases

Official Text

When any property is produced before any Criminal Court during any inquiry or trial, the Court may make such order as it thinks fit for the proper custody of such property pending the conclusion of the inquiry or trial, and, if the property is subject to speedy and natural decay, or if it is otherwise expedient so to do, the Court may, after recording such evidence as it thinks necessary, order it to be sold or otherwise disposed of.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, “property” includes—

(a) property of any kind or document which is produced before the Court or which is in its custody;

(b) any property regarding which an offence appears to have been committed or which appears to have been used for the commission of any offence.

Related Judgments

• BISHWAJIT DEY vs THE STATE OF ASSAM — Supreme Court of India (2025)
• NEVADA PROPERTIES PRIVATE LIMITED THROUGH ITS DIRECTOR vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR — Supreme Court of India (2019)
• BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED vs SURYANARAYANAN & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2018)
• SUNDERBHAI AMBALAL DESAI vs STATE OF GUJARAT — Supreme Court of India (2002)
• KHENGARBHAI LAKHABHAI DAMBHALA vs THE STATE OF GUJARAT — Supreme Court of India (2024)
• THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH vs UDAY SINGH — Supreme Court of India (2019)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNSS §497 — Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial in certain cases