WP/7217/2025 of SRI DEVARAPALLI CHAITHANYA REDDY Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

APHC010139502025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3457] (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N WRIT PETITION NO: 7217/2025 Between: Sri Devarapalli Chaithanya Reddy ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. VENKAT CHALASANI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following Order: The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is aggrieved by the non-release of the car bearing No. AP 31 CD 3799, which was seized by the Bapatla Town Police Station on receipt of information that the petitioner is transporting liquor in the said car. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is not connected with the crime. However, the car belonging to the petitioner was used in the commission of the alleged crime. 2 2. The learned Assistant Government Pleader submits that the vehicle was seized as a crime property, and the petitioner has to approach the Magistrate Court seeking release by filing an application under Sections 497 and 503 of