THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N. TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL PETITION No.6901 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNSS”), seeking to quash the order dated 27.02.2025 passed by the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Choutuppal, in Crl.M.P.No.121 of 2025 in Crime No.69 of

2025.

2. The submissions of Sri G.L. Narasimha Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing Respondent No.1–State, have been heard.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner argued that the trial Court, while allowing Crl.M.P.No.121 of 2025 (filed under Section 497 of the BNSS), granted interim custody of the seized goods carriage HMW Tata Motors Ltd bearing Registration No.TG 05 5889. The order mandated the execution of a personal bond and furnish single surety for Rs.40,00,000/- (Rupees Forty Lakhs Only) and imposed conditions restraining the respondent from alienating, altering, or destroying the vehicle, with a further directive to produce it before the Court as required.

4. It is further contended that the trial Court’s order dated 27.02.2025 vio