HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No:2299 OF 2010 ORDER: The Tata Indica car bearing Reg.No.P 28N 0520 belongs to the petitioner and the same has been seized in Crime No.127 of 2010 on the file of Station House Officer, Prohibition and Excise Station, Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 8(c ) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C) of N.D.P.S. Act alleging that ganja was being transported in the said car. The contention of the learned Counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner is the owner of the said vehicle and that the petitioner has nothing to do with the alleged crime and simply he parked the car in front of the house where the alleged offence was said to have been committed, the police seized the car. He further contended that ever since the date of seizure, the said vehicle is lying with the police and getting damaged and hence, it necessitated him to approach the Court below and filed an application in Crl.M.P.No.312 of 2010 under Section 451 Cr.P.C. but the same was dismissed and hence, the petitioner approached this Court for release of the said vehicle. Having considered the submissions made by the learned Counsel for the petitioner and also having regard to the fact that the said Tata Indica Car bearing Reg.No.AP 28N 0520 gets spoiled if it is left in the custody of the police and inasmuch as the petitioner is the owner of the said vehicle, this Court is of the view that the said vehicle can be ordered to be released in favour of the petitioner towards interim custody but by imposing certain conditions. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of at the stage of admission by directing the Station House Officer, Prohibition & Excise Station, Saroornagar to release the vehicle bearing Reg.No.AP 28N 0520 on condition of the petitioner furnishing personal bond for an amount of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) with two sureties for the like sum and on further condition that the petitioner shall undertake that he shall not alienate the said vehicle in favour of others and shall not alter the nature of the said vehicle till disposal of the said case and shall produce the same before the police for the purpose of investigation. ___________________________ Justice Gopala Krishna Tamada Dated: 8.2.2011 Nn HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No:2299 OF 2010 8.2.2011