THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9182 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner –Accused No.2 approaches this Court by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. read with 457 Cr.P.C. for return of the vehicle namely Auto bearing No.AP-24-X-8981 seized in P.R.No.151/2011-12 of Station House Officer, Prohibition and Excise, Piduguralla, Guntur District. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State. Perused the records. The petitioner was the owner of the above said vehicle. The investigation is said to have been virtually completed. Keeping the vehicle in custody of the police may not serve any purpose except that it would be rusted and damaged. In the circumstances, it is considered that the above vehicle can be released to the interim custody of the petitioner. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed directing the above vehicle namely Auto bearing No.AP-24-X-8981 be released to the interim custody of the petitioner on his executing a bond for Rs.50,000/-(Rupees fifty thousand only) with one surety for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Piduguralla, Guntur District, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall produce the vehicle before the Court whenever required in the same condition and shape without any change in its physical features and shall not effect any alteration or alienation in respect of the said vehicle. __________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 28th September 2011, Rns