CrPC § 453 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 453 CrPC — Payment to innocent purchaser of money found on accused
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 499 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Offences committed on or before 30 June 2024 are still charged under the CrPC.
The law now: BNSS 499 — Payment to innocent purchaser of money found on accused
When any person is convicted of any offence which includes, or amounts to, theft or receiving stolen property, and it is proved that any other person bought the stolen property from him without knowing or having reason to believe that the same was stolen, and that any money has on his arrest been taken out of the possession of the convicted person, the Court may, on the application of such purchaser and on the restitution of the stolen property to the person entitled to the possession thereof, order that out of such money a sum not exceeding the price paid by such purchaser be delivered to him within six months from the date of such order.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 499 in full