HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No:13294 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner is the owner-cum-driver of Jeep bearing Reg. No.AP-36-U-3114. While the petitioner was plying the vehicle on 1.12.2010, the 3rd respondent stopped the Jeep and seized the vehicle on the allegation that it is involved in an offence punishable under Section 34(a) (e) and 50 of A.P. Excise Act, 1968 and as such, the petitioner filed the present petition seeking for release of the same. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and having regard to the fact that the petitioner is the owner-cum-driver of the vehicle in question and is eking out his livelihood from out of the income of the said vehicle, this Court is of the view that the same can be released in favour of the petitioner by imposing certain conditions. Accordingly, the vehicle in question is hereby ordered to be released in favour of the petitioner on the following conditions: 1) The petitioner shall execute a bond for a sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the Special Judicial First Class Magistrate for Proh. & Excise, Warangal. 2) He shall give an undertaking before the Court below that he will produce the vehicle in question as and when required and he shall not alienate the same during the course of enquiry, investigation and trial. Subject to the above conditions, the Criminal Petition is allowed. ______________________________ Justice Gopala Krishna Tamada Dated: 30.12.2010 Nn HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No:13294 OF 2010 30.12.2010