1965 (8) TMI 5 - HC - Income Tax

Amount seized from one and claimed and admitted to belong to another one which were lying in the court - can it be transferred towards that second person assessment - Even without his consent, the lower court was entitled to comply with the demand of the Income-tax Officer under section 226(4)- petitions are therefore dismissed

Summary

The petitioner, Mohamed Thaha, was taken into custody for possessing a large sum of money. The money was claimed by his employer, Mohamed Ibrahim, for income tax purposes. Mohamed Ibrahim agreed to transfer the money to the income-tax department. The court directed the money to be transferred to the income-tax department. The petitions filed by Mohamed Thaha were dismissed.