( 1 ) C. R. P. 783/80 by M/s Kothari and Co. , is directed against the order dated 5. 1. 1980 passed by the District Judge, Mysore, in misc. Appeal No. 27/80 affirming the order dated 11. 1. 78, passed by the Divisional forest Officer, Kollegal, ordering the confiscation of the lorry in question. C. R. P. 1216/80 by respondent No. 3- rahim is directed against the same order confiscating the lorry in question.

( 2 ) ON receipt of information that sandal wood was being smuggled from Minimum side, the Range Forest Officer, Rampuram and the Range Forest Officer, of the mobiule Squad, Kollegal went to Dinnalli road on the night of 26. 8. 77 and kept a watch. After midnight, in the early hours of 27. 8. 77, they found a lorry bearing No. MYN 5565 parked near the house of one pakiranaika in Gollaradibba village. On suspicion they checked the said lorry and found in the said lorry 133 billets of sandalwood and a bundle of small sandalwood pieces in all worth Rs. 75,000/ -. They were covered with tarpaulin over which farm manure had been piled up. One Mohammed Peer Saheb and one Shiva the cleaner of the lorry were found in the said lorry. Two number plates bearing registra