THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.13152 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner herein is the owner of the auto bearing No.AP 01U 8519. On the ground that alum and jaggery is transported in the said vehicle, a crime was registered in Crime No.522 of 2010-11 by the Prohibition and Excise Station, Janagon, Warangal District under Section 7(A) read with Section 8(e) of A.P.Prohibition Act and also under Section 8(e) of A.P.Excise Act. The petitioner herein is not arrayed as accused in the said crime. Accused No.3 was the driver of the said vehicle at the time of commission of offence. In the light of the registration of the said crime, the vehicle bearing No.AP-01U 8519 belonging to the petitioner herein was also seized along with the contraband. Hence, the petitioner approached this Court and filed the present Criminal Petition seeking to order interim custody of the said vehicle. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is eking out his livelihood by hiring the said auto and hence, prayed this Court to release the said auto. Having considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Court is of the view that this Criminal Petition can be disposed of. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of and the vehicle bearing No.AP 01U 8519 shall be released in favour of the petitioner, on his furnishing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty five thousand only) with two sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Janagon. It is further directed that the petitioner shall produce the said vehicle before the Court as and when required, and that, he shall not alienate or change the nature of the said vehicle during the pendency of the said case. ___________________________________ JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA 29th December DR