law: Indian Post Office Act, 1898 
  71. Property in cases of offences to be
  
  laid in the Post Office 
  In every prosecution
  
  for an offence in respect of a mail bag or of any postal article sent by post,
  
  it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of the charge, to describe the mail bag
  
  or postal article as being the property of the Post Office, and it shall not be
  
  necessary to prove that the mail bag or postal article was of any value.