ORDER :

M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J.

Criminal Petition Nos. 5139 and 5220 of 2020

1. The criminal petition No. 5139 of 2020 is filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code (for short "Cr.P.C.") questioning the order dated 29.09.2020 passed in Crl.M.P. No. 752 of 2020 by the Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kadiri and direct the respondents to release the Eicher vehicle bearing No. AP 02 TJ 1738. A case in Crime No. 148 of 2020 on the file of O.D. Cheruvu Police Station, Ananthapur District was registered against the petitioner for the offence punishable under Section 420 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code (for short "I.P.C.") and Section 7 (1) (A) of Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (for short "the E.C. Act.").

2. The petitioner in Crl.P. No. 5220 of 2020 also sought identical relief i.e., to quash the order dated 17.06.2020 passed in Crl.M.P. No. 495 of 2020 on the file of the Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class - cum - XIII Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Nandigama including the F.I.R. No. 416 of 2020 dated 05.06.2020 on the file of Veerullapadu Police Station, Krishna District, registered for the offence punishab