law: Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act, 1976 
  7. PROPERTY OF BONDED LABOURER TO BE FREED
  
  FROM MORTGAGE, ETC. –  
  (1) All property vested in a bonded laborer
  
  which was immediately before the commencement of this Act under any mortgage,
  
  charge, lien or other encumbrances in connection with any bonded debt shall, in
  
  so far as it is relatable to the bonded debt, stand freed and discharged from
  
  such mortgage, charge, lien or other encumbrances, and where any such property
  
  was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, in the possession of the
  
  mortgage or the holder of the charge, lien or encumbrance, such property shall
  
  (except where it was subject to any other charges), on such commencement, be
  
  restored to the possession of the bonded laborer.
  (2) If any delay is made in restoring any
  
  property, referred to in sub-section (1), to the possession of the bonded
  
  laborer, such laborer shall be entitled, on and from the date of such
  
  commencement, to recover from the mortgage or holder of the lien, charge or
  
  encumbrance, such mesne profits as may be determined
  
  by the civil court of the lowest pecuniary jurisdiction within the local limits
  
  of whose jurisdiction such property is situated.