THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.7851 OF 2010 Between : Bansole Shiv Shankar ...PETITIONER A N D The State of A.P. …RESPONDENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.7851 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, is filed by the petitioner seeking to modify the order, dated 16.07.2010, in Crl.M.P.No.529 of 2010 in Crime No.63 of 2009 on the file of the I Additional Sessions Judge, Medak at Sangareddy. 2. The petitioner’s vehicle TATA SUMO bearing No.MH-24-C-3119 was seized in connection with Crime No.63 of 2009 of Manoor Police Station, for the offence under Section 20 (b) of N.D.P.S. Act. The petitioner filed a petition in Crl.M.P.No.529 of 2010 under Section 451 of Cr.P.C., before the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, Medak at Sangareddy, seeking to return the vehicle. While disposing of the said petition, the Court below imposed the condition that the petitioner shall deposit a sum of Rs.4,00,000/- in cash or kind and also two sureties for an amount of Rs.10,000/- each for release of TATA SUMO bearing registration No.MH- 24-C-3119. Hence, the present petition seeking modification of the said order. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the imposition of the condition by the Court below to deposit a sum of Rs.4,00,000/- for release of the vehicle is exorbitant, since the petitioner is financially not in a sound position to deposit such a huge amount. The learned counsel also submits that the petitioner is prepared to deposit the original R.C. Book of the vehicle and also ready to furnish the third party sureties, as imposed by the Court below. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the criminal petition is allowed, setting aside the impugned order, dated 16.07.2010, in Crl.M.P.No.529 of 2010 in Crime No.63 of 2009 passed by the I Additional Sessions Judge, Medak at Sangareddy, in so far it relates to the condition, to deposit a sum of Rs.4,00,000/- in cash for release of the offending vehicle. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO AUGUST 18, 2010. YVL