Section 53
Punishment for wrongful seizure.
The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
About this Act
An Act to provide for the protection of wild animals, birds and plants and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto with a view to ensuring the ecological and environmental security of the country.
If any person, exercising powers under this Act, vexatiously
and unnecessarily seizes the property of any other person on the pretence of seizing it for the reasons
mentioned in section 50 he shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.