G.Veereshalingam v. The State Of Telangana,

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.R.C.No.992 of 2015

ORDER

The petitioner preferred the present Criminal Revision Case by invoking the provision under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure being aggrieved by the order dated 08.06.2015 passed in C.F.R.No.1832 of 2015 in Cr.No.342 of 2014 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate, Narsampet.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Public Prosecutor for the State.

3. The impugned application was filed under Section 457 Cr.P.C. seeking to release 3,200 Kgs of black jaggery and 80 Kgs of alum seized in Cr.No.342 of 2014 of Narsampet Police Station. By the order impugned, the said application was dismissed on the ground that the trial Court has no jurisdiction to entertain the impugned application.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the value of the seized stock will be diminished if they are kept idle in the premises of Police Station.

5. Admittedly, black jaggery and alum seized from the possession of the petitioner in the above referred crime are not prohibited articles under any law and their possession is also not barred by the provisions of any Statute.

6. Considering these circumstances, the seized black jaggery and alum i.e., 3,200 Kgs and 80 Kgs respectively, in the above referred crime shall be released to the petitioner for interim custody on his executing a personal bond for a sum of

Rs.55,000/- (Rupees Fifty Five Thousand only) before the trial Court.

7. The Criminal Revision Case is, accordingly, disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this revision shall stand closed. ______________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 18th June, 2015 sj