S. 102(3) of CrPC | Whether delayed/forthwith non-reporting of seizure to the Magistrate vitiates the seizure order? SC answers
“Section 102(3) was inserted by way of an amendment only in the year 1978, which reintroduced the reporting obligations of police officer to the Magistrate, as it originally existed in the 1882 Code. It also empowered the seizing officer to give custody of the seized property to any person, on such person executing a bond undertaking to produce the property before the Court as and when required.”