IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 10638 of 2005 BETWEEN: Amjad, S/o. Saheb Abbas, R/o.13-13-23, Bandlaguda, Hyderabad. ... PETITIONER AND The Station House Officer, Rajendranagar P.S., Rajendranagar, R.R. District. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an Writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondent in illegally keeping the vehicle bearing No.AP-12D-2899 of the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.C.RAGHU Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: Petitioner submits that he is the owner of the Motor Bike bearing vehicle No.AP12 D 2899 having purchased the same on hire purchase agreement. He further submits that the respondent seized the vehicle though no crime is registered against him; therefore, the seizure of the vehicle is illegal and arbitrary. 2. This Court while admitting the writ petition directed the respondent to release the vehicle on condition of the petitioner depositing half of the amount equivalent to the value of the vehicle as assessed by the Motor Vehicle Inspector. It is not known as to what happened thereafter and none of the counsel is able to furnish the material particulars and the subsequent events that have taken place after 2005. 3. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner is permitted to take appropriate action for return of the deposited amount, if no crime is pending and if any crime is pending, it is open to the respondent to take appropriate action in accordance with law. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J May 1, 2008 DSK