HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No:12941 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner is the owner of Tractor and Trailor bearing Reg.Nos.AP 31 AV-6934 and AP 31 TW-3403 and the same was involved in a crime punishable under Sections 21(1) and 22 of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. In view of the said involvement, the vehicle in question was seized by the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Visakhapatnam and the petitioner moved the Court below by filing Crl.M.P.No.5429 of 2010 under Section 451 Cr.P.C. for interim custody. However, as the said application was dismissed by the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Yellamanchilli by order dated 20th December, 2010, the present petition is filed. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and having regard to the fact that the petitioner is the owner of the vehicle in question and is eking out his livelihood from out of the income of the said tractor and trailor, this Court is of the view that the same can be released in favour of the petitioner by imposing certain conditions. Accordingly, the aforesaid tractor and trailor are hereby ordered to be released on the following conditions: 1) The petitioner shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.1,50,000/- (Rupees One Lakh and Fifty Thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Yellamanchilli. 2) He shall give an undertaking before the Court below that he will produce the vehicle in question as and when required and he shall not alienate the same during the course of enquiry, investigation and trial. Subject to the above conditions, the Criminal Petition is allowed. ______________________________ Justice Gopala Krishna Tamada Dated: 28.12.2010 Nn HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No:12941 OF 2010 28.12.2010