IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE B. P. SHARMA

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ON THE 25 OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2020 of 2013 RAKESH DANGI Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Appearance:

Shri Jitendra Singh Parihar - Advocate for the appellant.

Shri Priyank Sandilya - Panel Lawyer for respondent/State.

ORDER

1. This appeal under Section 454 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, has been preferred by the appellant challenging the order dated 28.06.2013 passed by the learned Second Additional Sessions Judge, Sehore, in Sessions Trial No. 105 of 2012. By the said judgment, the learned trial court acquitted the appellant of the charge under Section 392 and 395 of the Indian Penal Code, but while passing the order regarding disposal of property under Section 452 Cr.P.C., directed that the amount of ₹2,96,000/-, seized during investigation from the house of the appellant, be given to the complainant, Shri Thakur Prasad Chandravanshi, treating the same as part of the looted property.

2. The appellant has assailed this part of the judgment, contending that the direction to hand over the seized amount to the complainant is legally unsustainable, as the prosecution utt