THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.22017 of 2010 ORDER: According to the petitioner, who is a doctor, he purchased LMV Jeep Mahindra and Mahindra made open canvas top bearing No.APH 1682 and using the same for his personal use. While so, his nephew, namely, I.Venkata Nanda Kishore, who is working as Administrative Officer in Amar Orthopedic Hospital, Kothapet, Guntur, approached him and requested for use of his vehicle for few days. Accordingly, he handed over his jeep to his nephew on 09.04.2010. Thereafter, he came to know that the second respondent seized his vehicle from the custody of his nephew and registered a case in Crime No.16 of 2010 against his nephew and three others for the offences punishable under Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act and Section 51 of the Wild Life Act, 1972, arrested them and sent to judicial custody. His nephew and three other accused approached this Court by way of filing Crl.P.No.3730 of 2010 seeking bail and this Court allowed the same on 13.04.2010 enlarging them on bail on certain conditions. Thereafter, on filing another criminal petition, the said conditions were relaxed. The grievance of the petitioner in this writ petition is that the respondents have seized his vehicle without following due process of law and that since the vehicle belongs to him, the police or the investigating agency has nothing to do with the same and they have to investigate into the matter against the accused involved in the crime. After arguing for some time, the learned counsel for the petitioner sought for liberty to approach the concerned authority before whom the crime is pending, for release of the vehicle in question. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission, granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the authority concerned, before whom the crime is pending, for release of his vehicle. There shall be no order as to costs. N.V. RAMANA, J Date: 08.09.2010 va