HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5790 of 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking direction to the respondent to release the property i.e., toddy bottles seized in connection with Crime No.64/2008-09 of Prohibition & Excise Police Station, Dharmavaram, to him for interim custody. Heard both sides. The offence alleged against the petitioner and other accused is punishable under Section 8(c) read with 22(c) of the N.D.P.C. Act, 1985. The record discloses that after completion of investigation, charge sheet is filed against the accused before the competent Court. The charge sheet prima facie reveals that the petitioner along with other accused is running a Toddy Depot without having any licence and storing adulterated toddy in the said Depot and supplying the same to other shops. Further, during trial, the property is to be marked and identified by the witnesses, who seized the same during raid, and no damage will be caused to the property, as it is kept in plastic bottles. Hence, this Court is not inclined to give the property to the petitioner for interim custody, at this stage. The Criminal Petition is, accordingly, dismissed and, miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. _____________ RAJA ELANGO, J 13th October, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.No.5790 of 2011 (Dismissed) 13th October, 2011 cbs