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The word \u2018suspicion\u2019 is a weaker and a broader expression than \u2018reasonable belief\u2019 or \u2018satisfaction\u2019. <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The police officer is an investigator and not an adjudicator or a decision maker<\/span>.<\/em> This is the reason why the Ordinance was enacted to deal with attachment of money and immovable properties in cases of scheduled offences.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn case and if we allow the police officer to \u2018seize\u2019 immovable property on a mere \u2018suspicion of the commission of any offence\u2019, it would mean and imply giving a drastic and extreme power to dispossess etc. to the police officer on a mere conjecture and surmise, that is, on suspicion, which has hitherto not been exercised.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was further held that the disputes relating to title, possession, etc., of immovable property are civil disputes which have to be decided and adjudicated in Civil Courts. 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