THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12377 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approached this Court with a prayer to return the vehicle i.e., Hero Honda bearing Registration No. AP-29-G-3800 involved in PR No.507/2010-11 of the Prohibition & Excise Station, Miryalguda, for the oﬀence punishable under Section 7(a) read with 8(e) of A.P. Prohibition Act, 1995. Heard. I n 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., Hero Honda bearing Registration No. AP-29-G- 3800 involved in PR No.507/2010-11 of the Prohibition & Excise Station, Miryalguda, shall be entrusted to the interim custody of the petitioner, subject to the condition of the petitioner executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty ﬁve thousand Only) to the satisfaction of the said Station House Oﬃcer. Further, the petitioner shall give an undertaking that he shall not alienate the said vehicle or change the physical features and shall produce the same as and when required in connection with the said c r i me . However, this order does not preclude the authorities concerned from proceeding with the confiscation proceedings. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 2nd December 2011 Rns [1] (2002) 10 SCC 283