THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10512 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approached this Court with a prayer to return the Lorry bearing Registration No.AP-07-X-1346 seized in POR No.004828/97 of Forest Range Officer, Bhadrachalam. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State. Perused the records. The petitioner is the owner of the crime vehicle. The investigation is said to have been virtually completed. Keeping the vehicle in custody of the police may not serve any purpose except that it would be rusted and damaged. In the circumstances, it is considered that the above vehicle can be released to the interim custody of the petitioner. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the Lorry bearing Registration No.AP-07-X-1346 seized in POR No.004828/97 of Forest Range Officer, Bhadrachalam, shall be entrusted to the interim custody of the petitioner, subject to final orders to be passed at the time of disposal of main case, on executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Only) with one surety for the likesum to the satisfaction of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Bhadrachalam. Further, the petitioner shall give an undertaking that he will not alienate the said vehicle and shall produce the same in the same condition and shape, without any change in its physical features, 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 :05.11.2011 v v