THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA Crl.P.No.9016 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to release the Tata Indica Car bearing No.AP-09-TV-6916, belonging to the petitioner, which was seized in connection with Crime No.748 of 2009 on the file of the Jeedimetla Police Station, Cyberabad. The said Crime has been registered against the petitioner for the offences punishable under Sections 409 and 420 IPC. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the said vehicle was purchased by obtaining loan from the bank and it is used as a taxi, but, as the said vehicle is in custody of the police, the petitioner is facing difficulty in paying the monthly instalments to the bank and as such, he prayed to allow this Criminal Petition. Learned Standing Counsel for the second respondent opposed the Criminal Petition stating that the petitioner has dwindled huge sum of about Rs.1 crore and as such, if the said vehicle is released in favour of the petitioner, there will not be any possibility of getting back the said amount from him. May be, the allegation against the petitioner is that he dwindled a huge sum. But, in view of the fact that the said vehicle is used as a taxi and that earlier, the application filed by the wife of the petitioner herein seeking release of some other vehicle was already allowed, this Court is of the view that this Criminal Petition can also be disposed of. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is disposed of and the Tata Indica Car bearing No.AP-09-TV-6916 shall be released in favour of the petitioner, however, on a condition of the petitioner depositing the original R.C. book with the second respondent-Central Bureau of Investigation, Hyderabad, during the pendency of the case. It is further directed that the petitioner shall produce the said vehicle before the Court below as and when required; that he shall not alienate the said vehicle; and that he shall not alter or change the shape, colour etc., of the said vehicle during the pendency of the said case. ___________________________________ JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA 28th December 2010 DR