Sec 26 to 28 (Chapter V Deposit of Rents)The Jharkhand Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act, 2011

26. Deposit of rent by tenant on refusal of the landlord to accept it or in case of doubt or dispute as to the person entitled to receive it.

(1) If the landlord or his authorized agent refuses or neglects to pass to the tenant the receipt referred to in sub section (2) of section 15, the Controller may, on an application made to him in this behalf by the tenant within two months from the date of payment and after hearing the landlord or his authorized agent, by order direct the landlord or his authorized agent to pay to the tenant, by way of damages, such sum not exceeding double the amount of monthly rent or other charges paid by the tenant and the costs of the application and shall also grant a certificate to the tenant in respect of the rent or other charges paid.

(2) If the landlord or his authorised agent refuses to accept or evades acceptance of receipt of rent and other charges, the tenant may, by notice in writing, ask the landlord to supply him the particulars of his bank account in a bank located near to the building.

(3) If the landlord furnishes the particulars of his bank account, the tenant shall deposit the rent and other charges payable in such bank account from time to time.

(4) If the landlord does not furnish the particulars of the bank account under sub-section (2) the tenant shall remit the rent and the other charges payable to the landlord, from time to time, through postal money order after deducting the necessary postal charges.

(5) Where any bonafide doubt or dispute has arisen as to the person who is entitled to receive any rent in respect of any building, the tenant may deposit such rent in the prescribed manner with the controller, stating the circumstances under which such deposit is made, and, may until such doubt has been removed or such dispute has been settled by the decision. of any competent court or by settlement between the parties, continue to deposit in like manner, the rent that may subsequently become due in respect of such building.

(6) When a deposit has been made under sub-section (5), the amount of such deposit shall be held by the Controller pending the removal of the doubt or the settlement of the dispute which has arises as to the person, , who is entitled to receive the rent, either by the decision of a competent court or by settlement between the parties, and the amount of such deposit may be withdrawn by the person who is declared by such court to be entitled to it or who is held by the Controller to be entitled to it in accordance with the settlement.

27. Deposit of rent by tenants in suits for eviction

(1) If, in a suit for recovery of possession of any building, the tenant contests the suit as regards claim for eviction, the landlord may move an application qt any stage of the suit for order on the tenant to deposit rent month by month at a rate at which it was last paid and also subject to the law of limitation, the arrears of rent, if any, and the Controller after giving opportunity to the parties to be heard, may make an order for deposit of rent month by month at such rate as may be determined and the arrears of rent, both before or after the institution of the suit if any and on failure of the tenant to deposit the arrears of rent within fifteen days of the date of order or the rent at such rate for any month by fifteenth day of the next following month; the Controller shall order the defence against eviction to be struck off and the tenant to be placed in the same position as if he had not defended the claim to eviction and further, the Controller shall not allow the tenant to cross-examine the landlord's witnesses.  

(2) If in any proceeding referred to in sub-section (1 ), there is any dispute as to the person or persons to whom the rent is payable, the Controller may direct the tenant to deposit in the office of Controller the amount payable by him under sub-section (1) and in such case, no person shall be entitled to withdraw the amount in deposit until the Controller decides the dispute and makes an order for payment of the same.

(3) If the Controller is satisfied that any dispute referred to as in sub-section (2) has been raised by the tenant for reasons which are false or frivolous, the Controller may order the defence against the eviction to be struck off and proceed with the hearing of the suit as laid down in sub-section (1 ).

28. Deposit of rent determined by the Controller during the pendency of appeal or revision.

The Appellate Authority or the Commissioner may, after giving an opportunity to the parties to be heard make an order for deposit of rent at such rate as may be determined month by month, and arrears of rent, if any, and in case of non-compliance of this order, the Appellate Authority or the Commissioner shall order the defence against the standard rent order to be struck off. The landlord may apply for permission to withdraw the amount of rent so deposited without prejudice to any other legal remedy to which he is otherwise entitled and the Controller may permit to do so.