Dodda Nageshwar Rao v. The State Of Telangana

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.K.JAISWAL CRIMINAL PETITION No.6840 OF 2016 ORDER:

This petition is filed seeking to direct the Station House Officer, Narsampet Prohibition and Excise Station, Warangal District, to forthwith release the stock i.e., 1090 Kgs. of jaggery, worth Rs.10,000/- seized in C.O.R.No.161 of 2016. The petitioner/accused allegedly committed the offence under Section 34 (e) of A.P. Excise Act, 1968.

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

3. The petitioner/accused is engaged in purchase and sale of jaggery and general items. It is not the case of the prosecution that the seized jaggery is adulterated. I, therefore, deem it appropriate to order interim custody of seized jaggery, which is perishable in nature.

4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Subject to the final orders to be passed in the main case, the petitioner/accused is granted interim custody of the seized jaggery by the concerned officials on his

executing a personal bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) and on furnishing proof of ownership of the seized property.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this petition, shall stand closed.

__________________ M.S.K.JAISWAL, J June 13, 2016 MD