THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13780 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approached this Court with a prayer to return the vehicle i.e., Auto bearing registration No. AP-01-W-4433, involved in Crime No.462 of 2011-12 on the file of the Prohibition & Excise Station, Peddapally in Karimnagar District, for offences punishable under Sections 7(A) read with 8(e) of A.P. Prohibition Act, 1995. Heard. In Sunderbhai Ambalal Desai v. State of Gujarat ([1]), the Apex Court has laid down that in case of vehicles seized during investigation, they should not be allowed to deteriorate by being kept unused and unattended in the premises of the police stations. Therefore, the vehicle has to be entrusted to the interim custody of the petitioner subject to appropriate conditions. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the vehicle i.e., Auto bearing registration No. AP-01-W-4433, involved in Crime No.462 of 2011-12 on the file of the Prohibition & Excise Station, Peddapally in Karimnagar District, shall be entrusted to the interim custody of the petitioner, subject to the condition of the petitioner executing a personal bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand Only) with one surety for the likesum to the satisfaction of the said Station House Officer. Further, the petitioner shall give an undertaking that he shall not alienate the said vehicle and shall produce the same as and when required in connection with the said crime. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 27.12.2011 v v [1] (2002) 10 SCC 283