HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11922 of 2011 ORDER : The petitioner approached this Court seeking to quash the impugned order dated 8.11.2011 passed in CRL.M.P.No. 2817 of 2011 in P.R. No. 1480 of 2011 by the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class (Prohibition & Excise), Khammam whereby he dismissed petition for release of vehicle i.e., Bajaj Auto bearing No. AP 20 Y 7506 in C.O.R.No. 1480/2011-12 of Prohibition & Excise Station Khammam, Khammam district. 2) Heard. 3) Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner filed an application under Section 451 Cr.P.C., before the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class (Prohibition & Excise), Khammam, for interim custody of his vehicle, but the same was dismissed on the ground that the said Court has no jurisdiction to entertain the petition. 4) I have perused the record and I am of the considered opinion that provisions under Section 451 Cr.P.C., for interim custody of the vehicle, can be invoked irrespective of the stage of investigation and ﬁling of the charge sheet. There is no dispute that the vehicle in question belongs to the petitioner herein. 5) Considering the above circumstances, it is directed that vehicle i.e., Bajaj Auto bearing No. AP 20 Y 7506 shall be released for interim custody of the petitioner, subject to ﬁnal orders to be passed at the time of disposal of main case, on executing a personal bond for Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousands only) with one surety. It is further directed that the petitioner shall not alienate the vehicle, shall not change the physical features of the same till the disposal of the criminal case and further he shall undertake to produce the vehicle as and when required by the Court. The petitioner shall also give an undertaking before the learned Magistrate to the eﬀect that no conﬁscation proceedings are pending before any authority or Court with regard to the above vehicle. 6) Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. ________________________ RAJA ELANGO, J Date : 24.11.2011 CHV