BNSS Attachment Order Quashed as Mandatory Notice & Reason to Believe Were Missing

Puja Hari Vs State of West Bengal & Anr (Calcutta High Court) The Calcutta High Court allowed a revision petition challenging an order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Howrah, which had directed attachment of five properties under Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS). The attached properties included three jointly owned by the petitioner and her husband, an accused in the criminal case, and two properties exclusively owned by the petitioner, who was not named as an accused. The Court set aside the attachment order after finding non-compliance with the mandato...