https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=379360 Section 451 CrPC applies only when property is produced before a criminal court during an inquiry or trial, so it could not be used for interim release of vehicles seized by Customs during investigation. Because the Customs Act, 1962 provides a complete scheme for seizure, provisional release, notice, confiscation, redemption fine, vesting, and appeal, that special mechanism governed exclusively at the investigation stage. The trial court therefore lacked jurisdiction to order release of the vehicles on superdari, and the release orders were set aside. en-us Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:40:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=379360 Section 451 CrPC applies only when property is produced before a criminal court during an inquiry or trial, so it could not be used for interim release of vehicles seized by Customs during investigation. Because the Customs Act, 1962 provides a complete scheme for seizure, provisional release, notice, confiscation, redemption fine, vesting, and appeal, that special mechanism governed exclusively at the investigation stage. The trial court therefore lacked jurisdiction to order release of the vehicles on superdari, and the release orders were set aside. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=379360