THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.12647 of 2025

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking to set- aside the orders dated 18.08.2025 passed in Crl.M.P.No.368 of 2025 granting interim custody of the vehicle to the respondent therein.

2. Heard Sri G.L.Narasimha Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri Jitender Rao Veeramalla, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent No.1-

State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner herein is Gow Sevak and that interim custody of animals is given to the said Goshala and to meet the expenses of maintaining the said animals, under Rule 5(4) of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, the Magistrate has to direct that the vehicle should be held as a security by the concerned Goshala.

4. Learned counsel further submitted that in violation of the said Rule, the learned Trial Court passed orders in Crl.M.P.No.368 of 2025, dated 18.08.2025 granting interim custody of the vehicle to the respondent therein/owner of the property, which is not just and proper in the eye of law an