Seized vehicles cannot lie in front of police stations, should be released immediately: K’taka HC
Says police cannot keep possession of vehicles on ground of identification of vehicle during trial
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday said the vehicles seized in criminal cases by owners cannot lie in front of police stations on the ground of identification of the vehicle during the trial of the case.
The HC was hearing a plea against a trial court order rejecting an application made under Sections 451 and 457 of the Criminal Procedure Code, for the release of a vehicle seized in a criminal case, by owners, on grounds of identification of vehicles.
A single judge bench of Justice K.Natarajan allowed the petition filed by Javvaji Dhana Theja and others and set aside the order dated 05.04.2022, by which their application for release of seized vehicles was rejected, a live law report added.
The Bench also referred the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Sunderbhai Ambalal Desai vs State Of Gujarat reported in (2002) 10 SCC 382, wherein the court has said that vehicles shall not be allowed to lie idle in front of the police station. The Magistrate or the Court shall dispose of the application for releasing the vehicles to the RC owners, by imposing certain conditions.
"Such being the case, the trial court rejecting the application for releasing the vehicle is not correct and if the vehicles are allowed to lie in front of the police station, there may be wear and tear and it cannot be possible for the police to bring the vehicles to the court for the purpose of identification.” The court said.
Accordingly, it directed the trial court to release the vehicle to the petitioners by taking out indemnity bonds with surety for the like sum to the satisfaction of the trial court.
Further, the investigation officer was directed to release the vehicle by taking out the photographs of the vehicles from different angles along with the panchnama and producing the same before the trial court for the purpose of identification.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
