Section-504 BNSS – Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 & equivalent Cr.P.C. Section

Section-504: Procedure where no claimant appears within six months – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of Cr.P.C.-Criminal Procedure Code.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding section)
504. Procedure where no claimant appears within six months.—(1) If no person within such period
establishes his claim to such property, and if the person in whose possession such property was found is unable to show that it was legally acquired by him, the Magistrate may by order direct that such property shall be at the disposal of the State Government and may be sold by that Government and the proceeds of such sale shall be dealt with in such manner as the State Government may, by rules, provide.
(2) An appeal shall lie against any such order to the Court to which appeals ordinarily lie from
convictions by the Magistrate.
458. Procedure where no claimant appears within six months.—(1) If no person within such period
establishes his claim to such property, and if the person in whose possession such property was found is unable to show that it was legally acquired by him, the Magistrate may by order direct that such property shall be at the disposal of the State Government and may be sold by that Government and the proceeds of such sale shall be dealt with in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) An appeal shall lie against any such order to the Court to which appeals ordinarily lie from convictions by the Magistrate.

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