HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDA RAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.4642 OF 2010 DATE:03.06.2010 Between: M/s. Indian Traders, rep. by its Proprietor, Jadcherla, Mahaboob Nagar District. …….Petitioner And: The State of A.P., rep. By Public Prosecutor and 3 others. ……Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDA RAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.4642 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner/A-2 seeks release of three bags of Black Jaggery seized in Crime No.95 of 2010 of Balanagar police station, Mahaboobnagar District relating to offence under Section 34(a) of the A.P. Excise Act. The petitioner contends that black jaggery is not a prohibited article and that seizure thereof is illegal and that therefore, the petitioner is entitled for return of the said seized article. The petitioner straight away approached this Court with this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. For the purpose of releasing a seized article, there is specific provision in Sections 452 and 457 Cr.P.C under which the party can always approach the Magistrate for interim custody of the seized article whether lying in court or lying in the police station. Without exhausting the said remedy, it may not be proper for the petitioner to approach this Court straight away. In the result, the petition is dismissed, giving liberty to the petitioner to approach Judicial Magistrate of the First Class, Jadcherla for necessary relief under Sections 452 and 457 Cr.P.C. In case, the petitioner approaches the Magistrate with the said application, it may be disposed of expeditiously as it is stated to be a perishable article. ____________________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDA RAJULU,J. Date:03.06.2010. Gk. THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDA RAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION NO.4642 OF 2010 Date:03.06.2010 Gk.