Thalluri Narasimha Swamy v. The State Of Telangana,

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.R.C.No.1843 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 12.08.2015 passed in C.F.R.No.2836 of 2015 in Cr.No.89 of 2015 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate at Narasampet. 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 of black jaggery- 9,500 Kgs and Alum- 325 Kgs seized in Cr.No.89 of 2015 of Nekkonda Police Station, Warangal District. 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, the aforesaid stocks 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 entire seized stock 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.1,95,000/- (Rupees one lakh ninety 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 2nd September, 2015 sj