# Karnataka High Court Orders Strict 45-Day Seized Property Timeline 2026-08-15T13:15:19+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Karnataka High Court has ruled that courts must follow the 45-day deadline under Section 497 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita for deciding what happens to seized property. A property statement must be prepared within 14 days of its production before court, followed by an order within 30 days for disposal, destruction, confiscation or delivery. Justice M. Nagaprasanna issued the ruling while allowing Mukesh Jain’s petition in a cybercrime case. His seized property remained without an order despite an application for interim custody. The court directed the Bengaluru Magistrate to decide the application within a week and said delays render the statutory mandate ineffective. ## Coverage - livelaw.in This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bengaluru, BNSS, Karnataka High Court, Mukesh Jain Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/karnataka-high-court-orders-strict-45-day-seized-property-timeline/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/karnataka-high-court-orders-strict-45-day-seized-property-timeline/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/