Section 56, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) Where upon the arrest of a person charged with anoffence, property is taken from him, the Court before which he is charged may order that the property or a part thereof be restored to the person who appears to the Court to be entitled to it. (2) Where property is retained in Court pending an appeal, on application by summons, the Court to which an appeal has been made or in which notice of leave to appeal has been filed, may, if it considers that the property is not necessary for the determination of the questions raised in the appeal, order the property or any part of the property to be returned to the person who appears to be entitled to it.