law: Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
  51.Powers of Court to enforce execution.-
  Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed
  
  the Court may, on the application of the decree-holder, order execution of the
  
  decree-
  (a) by delivery of any property specifically decreed ;
  (b) by attachment and sale or by sale without attachment of any
  
  property ;
  (c) by arrest and detention in prison ;
  (d) by appointing a receiver ; or
  (e) in such other manner as the nature of the relief granted may
  
  require :
  {194.Ins.by Act 21 of 1936, s.2.} [Provided that, where the
  
  decree is for the payment of money, execution by detention in prison shall not
  
  be ordered unless, after giving the judgment-debtor an opportunity of showing
  
  cause why he should not be committed to prison, the Court for reasons recorded
  
  in writing, is satisfied-
  (a) that the judgment-debtor, with the object or effect of
  
  obstructing or delaying the execution of the decree,-
  (i) is likely to abscond or leave the local
  
  limits of the jurisdiction of the Court, or
  (ii) has, after the institution of the suit in
  
  which the decree was passed, dishonestly transferred concealed, or removed any
  
  part of his property, or committed any other act of bad faith in relation to
  
  his property, or
  (b) that the judgment-debtor has, or has had since the date of
  
  the decree, the means to pay the amount of the decree or some substantial part
  
  thereof and refuses or neglects or has refused or neglected to pay the same, or
  (c) that the decree is for a sum for which the judgment-debtor
  
  was bound in fiduciary capacity to account.
  Explanation.---- In the calculation of the means of the
  
  judgment-debtor for the purposes of clause (b), there shall be left out of
  
  account any property which, by or under any law or custom having the force of
  
  law for the time being in force, is exempt from attachment in execution of the decree.]