HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12631 of 2011 ORDER : The petitioner approached this Court seeking to release the ALTO Car bearing No. AP 21 K 9010 involved in Crime No. 44 of 2011 of Mannur Police Station, pending on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rajampet, Kadapa 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 Magistrate and the learned Magistrate after hering the parties has dismissed the said petition 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., ALTO Car bearing Registration No. AP 21 K 9010 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.2,00,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs 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. This order does not preclude the concerned Court or authorities from passing any confiscation orders, if they so chooses. 6) Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. ________________________ RAJA ELANGO, J Date : 8.12.2011 CHV