THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8555 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approaches this Court by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. with a prayer to set aside the order dated 27.08.2011 in Crl.M.P.No.9087 of 2011 passed by the learned Magistrate whereby he dismissed the application filed under Section 457 Cr.P.C. for return of the vehicle. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The facts of the case are that the petitioner is an accused in Cr.No.117 of 2011 of P.S., Gurrampode, registered for the offence under Section 7(A) read with 8(e) of A.P. Prohibition Act. The petitioner is the owner of the vehicle seized by the police in the above said crime. Petitioner filed certain application for return of the vehicle and the learned Magistrate dismissed the application on the ground that there is a prohibition under Section 13(e) of the A.P.Prohibition Act, under which court has no jurisdiction for return of the property. Learned counsel for the petitioner also relied on the judgment reported in SHAIK GHANI v. STATE GOVERNMENT OF A.P.[1]. 4. The learned Public Prosecutor also fairly conceded that the vehicle can be returned, which is involved in the offence under Section 7(A) read with 8(e) of the A.P. Prohibition Act. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondent police are directed to release the vehicle to the petitioner on his executing a bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/-(Rupees twenty five thousand only). It is further directed that the petitioner shall not alienate the above vehicle and shall not change the physical features of the vehicle till the disposal of the main case and he shall produce the vehicle as and when required by the Court. 6. With the above direction, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. The miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. _____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 20th September 2011, Rns. [1] 2007(1) ALT(CRL) No.175 (DB)(AP)