HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.6046 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-owner of trolley auto bearing No.AP 20 X 3082 seeking a direction to the Station House Officer, Proh. & Excise, Khammam, to forthwith release the said auto seized in C.O.R.No.452/2010-2011. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the vehicle in question belongs to the petitioner and it was seized by the Sub-Inspector of Police, Proh. & Excise, Khammam, on 22.06.2010 on the allegation that the petitioner was transporting the I.D.Liquor illegally in his auto. He further submitted that the petitioner has nothing to do with the alleged crime and the vehicle is still lying in the premises of the 2nd respondent, and it is exposed to atmospheric calamities. If the said vehicle is kept idle for some time, it would be damaged. 4. Having considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, I deem it proper to order release of the vehicle by way of interim custody of the petitioner on some conditions. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and it is directed that the vehicle in question shall be released in favour of the petitioner by way of interim custody on his executing a personal bond in a sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer, Proh. & Excise, Khammam, with an undertaking from the petitioner that he shall not alienate or transfer/encumber the vehicle and change its nature till disposal of the case and he shall produce the vehicle, as and when required, during pendency of the case. _______________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA,J 2nd July, 2010 Kvsn HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.6046 of 2010 (Allowed) Date:02.07.2010 Kvsn