HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7985 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner/Appellant under Section 482 Cr.P.C with a prayer to quash the order dated 26.08.2011 passed by the Principal Sessions Judge at L.B. Nagar, Ranga Reddy District, in Crl.M.P.No.401 of 2011 in Criminal Appeal No.28 of 2011, whereby the petition filed by the petitioner under Section 6-C (1) of the Essential Commodities Act was allowed directing the respondent to release the seized stocks of 40.60 qtls of paddy, 1442.25 qtls of rice and 56.50 qtls broken rice, subject to the petitioner furnishing bank guarantee with the usual terms and conditions for a sum of Rs.25,88,793/- from any Nationalized bank within one month from the date of the order to the satisfaction of the respondent. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the value of the confiscated stock is only Rs.23,98,500/-, but the learned Sessions Judge directed the petitioner to furnish bank guarantee of Rs.25,88,793/-, and the petitioner is also not in a position to furnish bank guarantee as directed in the impugned order, hence, prayed to relax the condition of furnishing bank guarantee of Rs.25,88,793/- to that of furnishing bank guarantee of 25% of the value of the confiscated stock. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor has not opposed the petition. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the condition with regard to the petitioner furnishing bank guarantee with the usual terms and conditions for a sum of Rs.25,88,793/-, as directed in Crl.M.P.No.401 of 2011 in Criminal Appeal No.28 of 2011, dated 26.08.2011, is hereby relaxed to that of the petitioner furnishing bank guarantee with the usual terms and conditions for a sum of Rs.15,00,000/-. The other conditions in the impugned order shall remain unaltered. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. _____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dt.06.09.2011 v v