Theft .
Joy Vadakkan
(Querist) 06 March 2013
This query is : Resolved
Recently one of the Apartment was burgled when the owner was away. The Secretary of the Apt.Assocn reported to Police. the Police could nab the thief with finger prints. The Police reported that he was produced before the Magistrate and sent to jail/custody. The inspector told case closed.On further contacting the Police they told owner has to file a petition for getting the articles they could seize from the thief. Only 10% value of the lost articles could able to be recovered from the culprit (as the cash was reportedly spent away by the culprit). Query (1). Can the owner, a Sr.Citizen propose not to proceed further for restitution of articles which is not of much important cost wise. He chose the option in view of the fact at old age he does not want frequent PS and court. it is time consuming and waste of valuable court time. The Sr.Citizen may has to absent for going out of town. Q(2) What if the Owner does not file petition . Q(3). If the police satisfied by the ownership of
article can hand over the same to the owner and get his due receipt for the same.
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 07 March 2013
1. Such owner need not to visit many times in the court rather he is required to complete the sapurdair process within two hours from the court and get his recovered articles from the police station after obtaining the permission from the court.
2. His recovered articles in that event shall become destroyed lying unattended in police station.
3. Only Court shall permit and police shall handover.
RAJU O.F.,
(Expert) 07 March 2013
It is better to file the required petition as advised by the police.
