law: Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 
  27. Deposit of rent by the tenant. -
  (1) Where the landlord does not accept any
  
  rent tendered by the tenant within the time referred to in section 26 of
  
  refuses or neglects to deliver a receipt referred to therein or where there is
  
  a bona fide doubt as to the person or persons to whom the rent is payable, the
  
  tenant may deposit such rent with the Controller in the prescribed manner:
  [Provided that in case where there is a
  
  bona fide doubt as to the person or persons to whom the rent is payable, the
  
  tenant may remit such rent to the Controller by postal money order.]
  (2) The deposit shall be accompanied by an
  
  application by the tenant containing the following particulars, namely:-
  (a) the premises for
  
  which the rent is deposited with a description sufficient for identifying the
  
  premises;
  (b) the period for
  
  which the rent is deposited;
  (c) the name and
  
  address of the landlord or the person or persons claiming to be entitled to
  
  such rent;
  (d) the reasons and
  
  circumstances for which the application for depositing the rent is made;
  (e) such other
  
  particulars as may be prescribed.
  (3) On such deposit of the rent being made,
  
  the Controller shall send in the prescribed manner a copy or copies of the
  
  application to the landlord or persons claiming to be entitled to the rent with
  
  an endorsement of the date of the deposit.
  (4) If an application is made for the
  
  withdrawal of any deposit of rent, the Controller shall, if satisfied that the
  
  applicant is the person entitled to receive the rent deposited, order the
  
  amount of the rent to be paid to him in the manner prescribed:
  Provided that no order for payment of any
  
  deposit of rent shall be made by the Controller under this sub-section without
  
  giving all persons named by he tenant in his application under sub-section (2)
  
  as claiming to be entitled to payment of such rent being decided by a court of
  
  competent jurisdiction.
  (5) If at the time of filing the application under
  
  sub-section (4), but not after the expiry of thirty days from receiving the
  
  notice of deposit, the landlord or the person or persons claiming to be
  
  entitled to the rent complains or complain to the Controller that the
  
  statements in the tenant’s application of the reasons and circumstances which
  
  led him to deposit the rent are untrue, the Controller, after giving the tenant
  
  an opportunity of being heard, may levy on the tenant a fine which may extend
  
  to an amount equal to two months’ rent, if the Controller is satisfied that the
  
  said statements were materially untrue and may order that a sum out of the fine
  
  realized be paid to the landlord as compensation.
  (6) The Controller may, on the complaint of
  
  the tenant and after giving an opportunity to the landlord of being heard, levy
  
  on the landlord a fine which may extend to an amount equal to two months’ rent,
  
  if the Controller is satisfied that the landlord, without any reasonable cause,
  
  refused to accept rent though tendered to him within the time referred to in
  
  section 26 and may further order that a sum out of the fine realized be paid to
  
  the tenant as compensation.