HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8224 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 read with Section 457 of Cr.P.C., with a prayer to direct the Station House Officer, Achampet P.S., Guntur District, to release the Tractor (LMV-Non Transport) bearing No.MH 30J 5095 in connection with Crime No.37 of 2010, for interim custody. Heard. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is owner of the vehicle and since the date of seizure, it is in the custody of the police and if it is exposed to sun and rain, there is every likelihood of the vehicle being spoiled, that the petitioner already filed an application before the trial Court for interim custody of the vehicle, but the same was dismissed, and that the petitioner will give an undertaking that he will not alienate the vehicle and change its features and he will produce the vehicle as and when directed by the Court. Therefore, he prayed to allow the criminal petition. Having considered the submissions of the learned counsel and in the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the view that the vehicle can be released in favour of the petitioner on some conditions. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the Station House Officer, Achampet P.S., Guntur District, is hereby directed to release the Tractor (LMV-Non Transport) bearing No.MH 30J 5095 in connection with Crime No.37 of 2010 in favour of the petitioner for interim custody, on the following conditions: a) he shall furnish a personal bond for Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One lakh only) to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer, Achampet P.S., Guntur District; b) he shall not alienate the vehicle or alter its nature; and c) he shall produce the vehicle before the Court, as and when directed by the learned Magistrate. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8224 OF 2011 (Allowed) 9th September, 2011 cbs