1. This Criminal Revision Case has been filed against the order of dismissal of the application seeking for return of property viz., seized animals.

2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner is the owner of 24 cows. While he was transporting the same in one lorry bearing Registration No.TN-25-4577, the lorry and the cows were seized by the police on 16.04.2010 alleging commission of offence punishable under Section 11(1)(d) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. According to him, he has not committed any offence and he is the legitimate owner of the property viz., cows. He further stated that as the vehicle has been returned to the owner, the cows should be returned to him. He undertakes to produce the cows before the Court as and when required. This application was stoutly resisted not only by the Public Prosecutor but also by the intervenor/complainant viz., the second respondent herein who is impleaded as party viz., the Secretary, Tamil Nadu Ecological Animal Protection Society(TEAPS).

3. The main contention of the second respondent/intervenor/ complainant was that the owner has transported the cows numbering 24 in one lorry in an inhumane conditi