THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11135 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approached this Court with a prayer to release the scorpio vehicle bearing registration No. AP 28 AV 3778, involved in Crime No. 122 of 2011 on the file of the Station House Officer, Mydukur (Urban) Police Station, Kadapa District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 379 I.P.C. and Section 29 of the Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, 1967. Heard. I n Sunderbhai Ambalal Desai v. State of Gujarat ([1]), the Apex Court has laid down that in case of vehicles seized during investigation, they should not be allowed to deteriorate by being kept unused and unattended in the premises of the police stations. Therefore, the vehicle has to be entrusted to the interim custody of the petitioner subject to appropriate conditions. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the vehicle bearing Registration No. AP 28 AV 3778, involved in Crime No. 122 of 2011 on the file of the Station House Officer, Mydukur (Urban) Police Station, Kadapa District, shall be entrusted to the interim custody of the petitioner, subject to the condition of the petitioner executing a personal bond for Rs.3,00,000/-(Rupees Three Lakhs Only) with one surety for the like sum to the satisfaction of the said Station House Officer. Further, the petitioner shall give an undertaking that he will not alienate the said vehicle and will produce the same as and when required in connection with the said crime. However, this order does not preclude the authorities concerned from proceeding with the confiscation proceedings. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated :11.11.2011 lvl THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11135 OF 2011 Dt. 11.11.2011 [1] (2002) 10 SCC 283