In our everyday lives, when we give our clothes for laundry, or when we leave our car with the mechanic for repairing purposes, or in any such case instance where we transfer the possession of any of our articles temporarily, for a specific purpose, which then have to be returned back in the prescribed manner and the prescribed time period (if any), we are indulging in the process of bailment. Renting a safe deposit box: Bailment or not? Analysis of the judicial stand taken by the Indian courts.Renting a safe deposit box: Bailment or not?.