APHC010273552020 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 18058/2020 Between: M.a. Mannan ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. B VENKATA RAJU Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: The Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:- “…to issue writ or order or Direction more particular one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents police in seizing the petitioner HONDA I 20 vehicle bearing No.TS 13EL 6241 due to having liquor of three bottles and registered a case in Crime No.827/2020 under Section 34 (A), 34 (1) (ii) APEA Act kept the vehicle in the custody of the 3rd respondent police station is against to the Orders of this Hon’ble Court passed in WP.Nos.10289 and 14386 of 2020 dated 01.09.2020 and also against the GO Ms No.411 dated 24.09.2019 and GO Ms No.426 dated 2 11.10.2019 is illegal arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice by quash the crime and consequently direct the respondents to release the petitioner vehicle bearing No.TS 13EL 6241 to the petitioner and to pass….” 2. No representation for the petitioner. Heard the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Sri Ajay Babu, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submits that on 24.07.2023, the Superintendent of Police-cum- Confiscation Authority, Kurnool, as per Section 46(2) of the A.P. Excise Act, 1968, vide Rc. No. 3171/PR-SEB/2020, issued directions to respondent No.3 to release the car in question to one M. A. Khaleque Mohammadi under proper acknowledgment. 4. In view of the order passed by the 3rd respondent, liberty is granted to the petitioner to challenge the above-mentioned proceedings, if so aggrieved. 5. It is further submitted that, based on the crime registered in Crime No. 827 of 2020, investigation was conducted and a charge sheet was filed in C.C. No. 4602 of 2022, which is pending on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Prohibition and Excise Court, Kurnool. 6. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date: 28.01.2026 KMS 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.18058 of 2020 Date: 28.01.2026 KMS 97