THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL PETITION No.7415 OF 2025

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNSS’) challenging the order dated 30.04.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.545 of 2025 on the file of the Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-XI Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ranga Reddy District at Rajendranagar.

2. I have heard Mr. R.Gopi Mohan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing the respondent-State.

3. The prosecution's case, in brief, is that the petitioner is the registered owner of the vehicle bearing registration number KA55A0938. A criminal case was initiated under Section 11 read with Section 38 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the PCA Act’) on the allegation that the petitioner’s vehicle was used for the unlawful transportation of cattle. Consequently, the police seized the said vehicle. The petitioner subsequently filed an application before the trial court under Section 503 of the BNSS seeking interim custody of the vehicle. Upon consideration of the mater