(1) If the government attorney makes decision not
to institute a case pursuant to sub-section (3) of Section 31, he or she
shall, as promptly as possible, return the exhibit, evidence and thing
including the case-file to the concerned police office.
(2) The concerned police office shall safely retain the casefile,
exhibit, evidence and thing received pursuant to sub-section (1)
until the statute of limitation for instituting the case on such offence
expires.
(3) If the exhibit, evidence or thing referred to in subsection
(1) is a property of any one, the police office shall return
such property to its owner, upon having a deed executed by him or
her with a bond to submit such property to the investigating authority
or court as and when so required.