THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2039 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approaches this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in F.I.R.No.53 of 2011 of P.S.Pattabhipuram, Guntur, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 427, 506 read with 109 IPC and Section 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted various points for quashing the proceedings against the petitioner in the said F.I.R. No.53 of 2011 of P.S.Pattabhipuram, Guntur. However, on perusal of the record, this Court is of the view that this is the matter that requires to be investigated into by the police. As such, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation at this stage. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that during the course of investigation, the police seized two vehicles bearing Registration Nos.AP 7 AE 4444 and AP 7AZ 4444, belonging to the petitioner, and if the said vehicles are kept in the custody of the police for a long time, irreparable loss would be caused to the petitioner, therefore prayed this Court to grant interim custody of the said vehicles to the petitioner. Admittedly, though the petitioner approached this Court without availing the remedy of filing an application under Section 451 of Cr.P.C. before the trial Court, considering the fact that the prayer sought in this petition is to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in F.I.R.No. 53 of 2011 of P.S.Pattabhipuram, Guntur, and also to direct the concerned police to release the vehicles to the petitioner, this Court is of the view that the vehicles shall be released for interim custody of the petitioner subject to certain conditions. Accordingly, the learned Magistrate, before whom the F.I.R.No.53 of 2011 of P.S.Patabhipuram, Guntur is pending against the petitioner, is hereby directed to return two Scorpio vehicles bearing Registration Nos.AP 7 AE 4444 and AP 7AZ 4444 to the petitioner, subject to final orders to be passed at the time of disposal of the criminal case, on execution of a bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) with two sureties, after verifying the ownership and the records of the petitioner. It is further directed that the petitioner shall not alienate the said vehicles and shall not alter the nature of the vehicles till disposal of the criminal case. With the above directions, the criminal petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 08.03.2011 v v