FAIYAZ Vs. STATE OF U.P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Government Advocate for the State as well as perused the documents available on record.

(2.) This petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as the 'Code') has been filed by the petitioner for quashing the impugned order dated 18.10.2010 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ambedkar Nagar in Misc. Case No. 1511/2010, under Section 207 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act') whereby the learned Magistrate has rejected the application moved by the petitioner to release his vehicle seized by the A.R.T.O., Ambedkar Nagar under Section 207 of the Act.

(3.) The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that Section 457 of the Code lays down that: