Supreme Court of India
Ashok Kumar vs State Of Bihar And Ors. on 7 April, 2000
Equivalent citations: 2001(1)ALD(CRI)204, 2001(49)BLJR305, JT2000(8)SC54, (2001)9SCC718, 2001 AIR SCW 2314(2), 2001 (9) SCC 718, 2001 AIR JHAR HCR 171, (2000) 3 EASTCRIC 1039, (2001) 3 PAT LJR 145, (2001) SC CR R 296, (2000) 8 SUPREME 22, (2000) 29 ALLCRIR 2020, (2000) 41 ALLCRIC 418, (2000) 41 ALL LR 170(1), 2000 BLJR 3 2266, (2001) 3 BLJ 153, (2000) 3 ALLCRILR 729, 2002 SCC (CRI) 1099, (2000) 8 JT 54 (SC)
Bench: K.T. Thomas, R.P. Sethi
ORDER
Saturday, August 19, 2006
1. Leave granted.
2. We do not think it necessary to keep the vehicle in the compound of the court indefinitely for a very long time till the final disposal of this case. It is more advisable to entrust it to the registered owner on behalf of the court under certain conditions. We, therefore, direct the court in whose custody the vehicle is presently kept to release the same to the appellant on the following conditions:
1. He shall execute a bond in a sum of Rs. 1,00,000/- (one lakh) with two solvent sureties to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur.
2. He must satisfy the court that he is the registered owner of the vehicle.
3. He shall not allow his son Deepak Singh to use the vehicle until disposal of the prosecution case against him. He shall file an undertaking in court to that effect.
4. He shall produce the vehicle either before the court or before such other authorities as the court may direct.
5. He will not transfer the vehicle to anybody else nor possession of the same be parted with until disposal of the case.
3. The appeal is disposed of accordingly.