IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 15TH FEBRUARY 2010 / 26TH MAGHA 1931 WP(C).No. 4699 of 2010(J) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------------- BAJI,AGED 26 YEARS,S/O.NARAYANAN, CHEMPRA HOUSE,ANTHODE.PO,CHAVAKKAD,THRISSUR DISTRICT,(OWNER OF VEHICLE BEARING REG.NO:KL-08-V- 9499) BY ADV. MR.P.VIJAYA BHANU RESPONDENT(S): --------------------------- 1. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,PONNANI POLICE STATION,REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. R1 & R2 BY GOVERNEMENT PLEADER MR. P.NARAYANAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/02/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Kss T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ===================================== W.P(C) No. 4699 of 2010 =========================================== Dated this the 15th day of February, 2010 ============================================ J U D G M E N T The petitioner is the owner in possession of a motor vehicle bearing registration No. KL-08-V-9499. Proceedings have been initiated under the Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulation of Removal of River Sand Act and the first respondent seized the vehicle on 25/1/2010. The petitioner has filed an application as per Ext.P1 requesting to grant interim custody of the vehicle. The second respondent is conferred with the power to consider the release of the vehicle by way of an interim measure in the light of the decision of this Court in Subramanian v. State of Kerala [2009 (1) KLT 77], after assessing various materials and on such conditions which he deems fit to impose. 2. There will be a direction to the second respondent to take a decision on Ext.P1 within a period of seven days from W.P(C) No. 4699 of 2010 -2- the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment and also to pass final orders within a period of 2 months, after hearing the parties and in accordance with law. The writ petition is disposed of as above. T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE nl