HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10285 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.2, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.49 of 2011 of Srisailam I Town P.S., Kurnool District, registered under Sections 41 and 102 of Cr.P.C. Heard and perused the record. After arguing for some time, learned counsel for the petitioner has restricted his arguments to the extent of release of the property seized from the petitioner and submitted that the petitioner is working as a cable detecting operator in M/s. Well Construction Company, Hyderabad and his employer namely V. Srinivas has purchased a DPR machine from M/s. Evergreen Optics, U.K., vide invoice No.001652468 dated 12.12.2010 and he brought the said machine to a temple at Srisailam for performing pooja, but the police seized the same. He further submitted that the petitioner is not aware whether the property is deposited in the Court or it is with the police concerned. Considering the same, the petitioner is hereby directed to file an application before the Court concerned, invoking the provisions under Section 457 of Cr.P.C., for return of the property and, on filing of such application, the Magistrate is hereby directed to order release of the property on such conditions as he thinks fit, if the property is deposited before the Court or, if the property is in the custody of the police concerned, to direct them to release the same from their custody. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of and miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 8th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Criminal Petition No.10285 of 2011 (Disposed of) 8th November, 2011 cbs