CRLP/3223/2025 of SANJIVA KUMAR SIDDAPPA WADIYAR Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

2 APHC010148462025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3457] (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3223/2025 Between: Sanjiva Kumar Siddappa Wadiyar ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SRAVAN KUMAR NAIDANA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 3 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION No.3223 OF 2025 ORDER: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is seeking a direction to release the vehicle, i.e., TATA LPT 3118 TC COWL BS 3 bearing registration No.KA 28 AA 8998 seized in Crime No.51 of 2025 of Yadiki Police Station, Anantapuramu District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 7(1) of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is the registered owner of the subject vehicle and that if the vehicle is exposed to sun and air,