Stolen property
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Summary
Property obtained by theft, extortion, robbery, criminal misappropriation, or criminal breach of trust is treated as stolen property, whether the wrongful act happened inside or outside India. That status applies while the thing remains with those who got it by those offences. If it later comes into the hands of someone legally entitled to possess it, it ceases to be stolen property.
Example
Ravi buys a second-hand phone from a roadside seller; the phone had been stolen earlier. While it remains with people who obtained it by theft, it is stolen property. If the lawful owner later legally transfers possession to Ravi, the phone stops being stolen property.
Bare Act
Enacted textProperty, the possession whereof has been transferred by theft, or by extortion, or by robbery, and property which has been criminally misappropriated or in respect of which criminal breach of trust has been committed, is designated as “stolen property”, whether the transfer has been made, or the misappropriation or breach of trust has been committed, within or without India. But, if such property subsequently comes into the possession of a person legally entitled to the possession thereof, it then ceases to be stolen property.
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