THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL PETITION No.6337 OF 2025

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS, 2023’) r/w Section 503 of BNSS seeking to release the vehicle Skoda Car bearing No.TG 15 C 2999 in the Cr.No.231 of 2024 of Gummadidala Police Station, Sangareddy District.

2. Heard Mr.S.Sudarshan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1-State.

3. Briefly stated relevant facts are that the vehicle of the petitioner was seized by the police concerned in an offence under Section 8 (c) r/w 22(c), 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’).

The petitioner is the owner of the vehicle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, as per the instructions received, the vehicle in question was seized by the police in connection with Crime No. 231 of 2024. However, the said vehicle has not been produced before the jurisdictional Magistrate to date. The petitioner is aggrieved by the fact that the vehicle, being left idle and exposed to the elements, is likely to suffer