Questione giuridica chiave
Whether seized assets released after a criminal investigation must be returned to C. rather than shared with B.
Decisione estratta
The seized amounts were to be returned to C., because the assets had been taken from him as the purchase price for the stolen vehicle and his entitlement was sufficiently established.
Motivazione estratta
Under Art. 267 StPO, return depends on civil-law entitlement once the ground for seizure has fallen away. Where it is clear that the object or funds were directly taken from a particular person and no competing entitlement is sufficiently proven, the assets are to be returned to that person. The court found the account balance and cash originated almost entirely from C.'s payments; Art. 727 ZGB did not prevent this result.