Bombay High Court Quashes Search and Seizure Conducted by Karnataka Police in Maharashtra Without Jurisdiction — Warrant Issued by Magistrate Outside Territorial Limits Invalid Under CrPC. The court held that a Magistrate cannot issue a search warrant for execution outside his territorial jurisdiction without following Sections 78 or 79 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the seizure based on such invalid warrant is illegal.
7 May 2021The petitioners, traders in Nagpur, Maharashtra, challenged the seizure of rice bags from their godowns by the Karnataka Police (respondent No.1) acti...
