Chandigarh, Nov. 14 -- In an important judgment, the Punjab and Haryana high court has laid down guidelines for release of vehicles confiscated by the police in criminal cases, languishing and decaying in and around police stations for years.

".. keeping the vehicle in police possession for years is not going to serve any purpose. The solution is to record a video of the vehicle and to play the same to the victims/witness(s), so that it can be easily identified. Needless to say, digital evidence can be stored indefinitely simply by upgrading the technology," the bench of justice Anoop Chitkara observed.

The petition was from one Amit Tanwar from Gururgram, who had sought release of a car allegedly used in an assault case. He filed for r...