CrPC § 458 · Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Repealed on 1 July 2024
Section 458 CrPC — Procedure where no claimant appears within six months
Replaced from 1 July 2024 by BNSS 504 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 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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text. BNSS 504 in full