THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9484 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner – accused approaches this Court by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. read with 457 Cr.P.C. for return of the vehicle namely Tractor Dozer bearing Reg.No.AP-36- Y-0402 seized in P.O.R.No.5151/104 of Forest Range Officer, Mulugu, Warangal District. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State. Perused the records. The petitioner was the owner of the above said 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 directing the above vehicle namely Tractor Dozer bearing Reg.No.AP-36-Y- 0402 be released to the interim custody of the petitioner on his executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.5.00(Rupees five lakhs only) to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Mulug, Warangal District, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall produce the vehicle before the Court whenever required in the same condition and shape without any change in its physical features and shall not effect any alteration or alienation in respect of the said vehicle. __________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 30th September 2011, Rns