ORDER:

This petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Mandamus, to declare the action of the respondents police in keeping the vehicle i.e., two wheeler Honda Activa bearing No.AP 31 BT 0021 in their custody without registration of any crime, and declare the same as illegal and direct the respondents 4 and 5 to release the said vehicle.

It is the case of the petitioner that on 03-07-2019 she has taken away the two wheeler i.e., Honda Activa bearing No. AP 31 BT 0021 from one Sai Sruthi Mullapudi at about 2.00 p.m. Later, around 4.30 p.m., she parked the said vehicle behind R.T.C. Complex, opposite to VMRDA Central Park at Visakhapatnam. After completion of work, she returned to the same place and found the vehicle is missing. On enquiry, she came to know that II Town Traffic Police took away the vehicle, even though it was under lock and key under the petitioner. Later, the petitioner came to know that a drunk and drive case was registered against some other person. In fact, the petitioner parked the vehicle at parking place. Therefore, the alleged seizure is illegal and requested to issue a direction to the respondents as stated above.

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