Bengaluru: The high court Wednesday directed the authorities to return the seized Lamborghini Huracan to H1 Car Care, Sahakar Nagar, Bengaluru, the vehicle’s owner, within a week.Partly allowing the petition, Justice M Nagaprasanna also quashed the case registered by Yelahanka New Town police against the petitioner.At the same time, the judge observed that the senior motor vehicle inspector, who personally seized the vehicle, had acted improperly, and such conduct could not be condoned.The petitioner stated that they had purchased the vehicle from the authorised dealer, Hoysala Automotives, on Sept 1, 2025, paying Rs 1 crore in GST and Rs 60 lakh in road tax. The total cost of the vehicle was Rs 3 crore. Manufactured in 2021, the Lamborghini Huracan was registered on Sept 19, 2025. On Sept 7, 2026, senior motor vehicle inspector N Ranjith registered a case under Sections 318(4) and 336(3) read with Section 3(5) of the BNS—corresponding to Sections 420 and 468 of the earlier IPC, covering cheating and forgery.Without issuing any notice and in the absence of the owner, the inspector personally had the vehicle towed. Despite approaching multiple police stations to locate the car, the petitioner was repeatedly sent from one station to another, being told that the vehicle was either outside their jurisdiction or in another area.Police, on their part, contended that the vehicle owners had allegedly forged documents and caused a loss to the state, in addition to tampering with invoices. According to them, the offence of forgery related to fraudulent acts in registration, while the offence of cheating pertained to the financial loss allegedly caused to the state exchequer.
