499. 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.
CrPC Section 453 in BNSS: Section 499
Payment to innocent purchaser of money found on accused
Section 453 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Payment to innocent purchaser of money found on accused) corresponds to Section 499 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
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