THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.696 of 2011 JUDGMENT: The petitioner who was unsuccessful in getting the vehicle bearing No.AP/28 DD 6566 released in Crl.M.P.No.56 of 2011 in Cr.No.1058 of 2010 of Sanjeevareddy Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad, filed under Section 457 Cr.P.C., before the III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad at Nampally, filed the present Criminal Revision Case. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the impugned order and other relevant material papers on record. Apparently, the vehicle was seized in connection with a case registered under Section 302 IPC and when an application was filed under Section 457 Cr.P.C., the learned Magistrate passed an order, dated 04.01.2011, dismissing the application on the ground that pending investigation, he does not find any merits in the said petition to return the said vehicle. The said vehicle was seized by the Police in connection with the said crime on 27.09.2010 and since then it is lying in the Police Station. The offence alleged against the accused is under Section 302 IPC., in connection to which the investigation is yet to be completed, after completion of which, the charge sheet has to be filed and trial has to be commenced and if the vehicle is kept lying in the Police Station till the disposal of the case, it may get spoiled and may get rusted and damages, as it is exposed to sun and rain. In that view of the matter, this Criminal Revision Case is allowed, at the stage of admission, with a direction to the III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad at Nampally, to release the vehicle bearing No.AP/28 DD 6566 seized in connection with Cr.No.1058 of 2010 of Sanjeevareddy Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad, on condition of the petitioner furnishing a security in a sum of Rs.3,00,000/- (Rupees Three lakhs only) with two sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad at Nampally. Further, the petitioner shall give an undertaking that he shall not alienate the said vehicle and shall produce the same as and when required in connection with the said crime. ___________________________________ JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA 23rd March 2011 DR