HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. SURI APPA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No:70 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner is the owner of a car bearing Registration No. AP 9 AE 1144. The Station House Officer, Law and Order Police Station, Lalapet, registered a case in Crime No. 90 of 2010 against the driver of the car, which was involved in the crime, for the offences punishable under Section 420 of I.P.C. and under Section 7 of Seeds Act, 1968 read with Sections 3 and 7 of the Essential Commodities and also under Section 181 of Motor vehicles Act. The petitioner filed a petition before the IV Additional Munsif Magistrate, Guntur under Section 451 of Cr.P.C. for return of the said vehicle. The learned IV Additional Junior Civil Judge, Guntur through order dated 17.7.2010, dismissed the petition on the ground that the case property was seized as per the provisions of the Essential Commodities Act and therefore, the District Collector or the State Government are only entitled to release the same. Hence, the present petition. The vehicle, which is said to have bee involved in the crime was produced before the learned IV Additional Munsif Magistrate, Guntur. Admittedly, under Section 451 of Cr.P.C., the Court below is empowered to exercise the power and order for release of the vehicle, which is said to have been involved in the crime. The Court below ought to have released the vehicle by imposing certain conditions. Hence, the criminal petition is allowed and the car bearing No. AP9AE 1144 may be released in favour of the petitioner subject to the condition of the petitioner executing a bond for a sum of Rs. 30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the IV Additional Munsif Magistrate, Guntur. He shall also 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. _____________________ V. SURI APPA RAO,J Dated: 5.1.2011 pnb HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. SURI APPA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No:70 OF 2011 5.1.2011