Archive · 18 Jan 2026
Mumbai Court Concludes 49-Year-Old ₹7.65 Theft Case
A very old court case from 1977 about a small theft of ₹7.65 was finally finished by a Mumbai court.
The two people accused of the theft and the person who reported it were never found.
The court decided to close the case because it had been waiting for too long without any progress.
The court said the stolen money should be given back to the person who lost it, but if they can't be found, the money will go to the government.
This case is one of many old cases that the court is trying to finish to reduce the backlog.
A 1977 theft case involving ₹7.65 was concluded by the Mazagaon Court in Mumbai after 49 years.
The two suspects and the plaintiff were never located, leading to the case being pending for decades.
Judicial Magistrate Aarti Kulkarni terminated the proceedings, stating the case had been pending unnecessarily.
The court ordered the recovered sum of ₹7.65 to be restored to the victim if found, otherwise deposited into the government account.
The case was categorized under Section 260 of the Criminal Procedure Code for expedited hearings due to the minimal amount involved.
- Who
- Two anonymous suspects and an unnamed plaintiff
- What
- A 49-year-old theft case involving ₹7.65
- When
- The case was concluded on January 14, 2024, after being filed in 1977
- Where
- Mazagaon Court, Mumbai
- Why
- The case was concluded due to the prolonged absence of the suspects and the plaintiff, and to clear backlog of old cases
- Case Year
- 1977
- Amount Stolen
- ₹7.65
- Court
- Mazagaon Court
- Presiding Magistrate
- Aarti Kulkarni
- Date of Conclusion
- January 14, 2024
- Legal Section
- Section 379 of IPC
- CrPC Section
- Section 260 of CrPC
