JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Criminal Revision Case is filed under Sections 397 r/w 401 of the Criminal Procedure Code to call for the records relating to set aside the order passed in Crl.M.P. No.106310 of 2023 on the file of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge/Presiding Officer, Special Court for EC & NDPS Act Cases, Pudukkottai, dated 04.01.2024 in Crime No.140 of 2023 on the file of the respondent police and allow this Criminal Revision Petition.)

1. Challenging the dismissal order passed by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge/Presiding Officer, Special Court for EC and NDPS Act Cases, Pudukkottai, in Crl.M.P.No.106310 of 2023, dated 04.01.2024, the present Criminal Revision Petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking interim custody of the seized vehicle viz., Royal Engield Classic 350 bearing Registration No.TN 55 BC 2737, which is in the custody of the respondent/Inspector of Police, Ganesh Nagar Police Station, Pudukkottai District, in Crime No.140 of 2023 for the alleged offences punishable under Section 8(c) r/w 20(b) (ii)(B) and 25 of Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act (for short ‘the NDPS Act’).

2. The case of the petitioner is that the