Chava Venkateswara Rao v. The State Of Telangana,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.R.C.No.1749 of 2015

ORDER

Petitioner preferred the present Criminal Revision Case by invoking the provisions under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure being aggrieved by the returned endorsement dated 04-08-2015 passed in C.F.R. No.1662 of 2015 in Cr.No.197 of 2015 by the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate at Sathupally.

2. Heard and perused.

3. When the petitioner approached the trial Court with the impugned application under Section 457 Cr.P.C. seeking release of 650 Kgs of jaggery and 20 Kgs of alum seized in Cr.No.197 of 2015 of Sathupally Police Station, Khammam District, the learned Magistrate vide impugned order returned the same 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 stocks 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 the facts and circumstances, the

seized 650 Kgs of jaggery and 20 Kgs of alum in the above referred crime shall be entrusted to the interim custody of the petitioner on petitioner's execution of a personal bond for Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen thousand only) with one surety for the like sum to the satisfaction of the trial Court.

7. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is allowed.

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

______________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 27th August, 2015 skmr