HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10653 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., with a prayer to order release of his Honda Shine bearing registration No.AP 24AG 6524 seized in connection with PCOR No.649/2011-12 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Huzurnagar, Nalgonda District. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is owner of the vehicle and since the date of seizure, it is in the custody of the police and if it is exposed to sun and rain, there is every likelihood of the vehicle being spoiled, and that the petitioner will give an undertaking that he will not alienate the vehicle and change its features and he will produce the vehicle as and when directed by the Court. In Sunderbhai Ambalal Desai Vs. 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 owner subject to appropriate conditions. In view of the above, The Criminal Petition is allowed and the Honda Shine bearing registration No.AP 24AG 6524 seized in connection with PCOR No.649/2011-12 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Huzurnagar, Nalgonda District, shall be entrusted to the interim custody of the petitioner on the following conditions: a) he shall execute a personal bond for Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand only) to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer, Prohibition and Excise Station, Huzurnagar, Nalgonda District; b) he shall not alienate the vehicle or alter its nature; and c) he shall produce the vehicle before the Court concerned, as and when directed by the learned Magistrate. Further, the 2nd respondent is at liberty to proceed with the confiscation proceedings. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 3rd November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10653 of 2011 (Allowed) 3rd November, 2011 cbs [1] (2002) 10 SCC 283