HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11400 of 2011 ORDER : The petitioner approached this Court with a prayer to return the vehicle Auto bearing No. AP 24 V 6923, which was seized in connection with Crime No.132 of 2011 of Prohibition & Excise Police Station, Huzurnagar, Nalgonda District. 2) Heard. 3) Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that if the vehicle is kept in the custody of the police, it will be destroyed; the petitioner will loose his livelihood; petitioner prays to return the said vehicle and the petitioner is ready and willing to obey the conditions that may be imposed by the Court. 4) I have perused the record and I am of the considered opinion that provisions under Section 451 Cr.P.C., for interim custody of the vehicle, can be invoked irrespective of the stage of investigation and filing of the charge sheet. There is no dispute that the vehicle in question belongs to the petitioner herein. 5) Considering the above circumstances, it is directed that vehicle Auto bearing No. AP 24 V 6923 shall be released for interim custody of the petitioner, subject to final orders to be passed at the time of disposal of main case, on executing a personal bond for Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousands only) with one surety to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Huzurnagar. It is further directed that the petitioner shall not alienate the vehicle, shall not change the physical features of the same till the disposal of the criminal case and further he shall undertake to produce the vehicle as and when required by the Court or police. 6) Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. ________________________ RAJA ELANGO, J Date : 16.11.2011 CHV