@ TR Nimade and Democratic Indian
I happened to meet a very old acquaintance at a Police Station.
The old woman's chain was snatched and for a long time, the police were unable to provide any concrete information on the thief and the gold.
So, they decided to apply for recovery.
That is where I came to know of this age-old method and I took a second opinion from a retired officer and he confirmed the same.
It is a simple petition.
I am not sure though. But this should suffice.
Titled as ASSISTED RECOVERY- INVOKING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF RIGHT TO PROPERTY, you may write a prayer, mentioning the case number and the date on which the gold was stolen and the date on which the complaint was filed and case number issued.
But first, you need to file through RTI, and know the status of the case.
Then you may apply for the assisted recovery.
You may type briefly narrating the incident ( Be very brief and in clear english / local language ) and invoke RIGHT TO PROPERTY ( Article 300-A ) which is now a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT and no more a fundamental right as per the latest change, where an earlier article was deleted.
But coming to the issue here, mention RIGHT TO PROPERTY being your CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, the home secretary and principal secretary-finance along with the commissioner of police and the DCP, may be marked in your Letter and the same may be sent by Speed Post Acknowledgement Due and then again through RTI, you may find the status.
They would call you and either say it can be done or it cannot be done.
In that case on the same grounds of CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, you may approach the HIGH COURT.
file a writ.
It would work.
See, lot of recovered but unclaimed gold, silver,...etc are properly documented and registered with the GOVT.TREASURY. From that, they either give you gold of same weight or some percentage of it. This is what I heard. But the retired officer told me that it is the state government's look-out. How they do it is their problem and not the victims'.
So go ahead and file for RTI first and then the letter mentioned above, invoking the constitutional right of RIGHT TO PROPERTY ( this is not only land, but also other property of monetary value. please understand that ).