ORDER

The petitioner is the Power of Attorney Holder of the RC owner of the vehicle bearing registration no.KL 60 L 9696, seized by the police in connection with Crime No.647/2024 registered at the Kuthparamba Police Station, alleging commission of offences punishable under Sections 140(2), 310(2), 126(2), 127(2), 115(2), 118(2), 351 and 324(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

2. The crime is registered on the allegation that while two employees in the defacto complainant’s shop were travelling in a car from Mattannur to Kuthuparamba carrying a sum of Rs.3,75,00,000/-, the accused persons, with the intention to commit robbery, intercepted the car in which the employees were travelling, forcefully shifted them to the car of the accused and snatched the money from the employees. The petitioner’s car was seized thereafter, as the 2^nd accused was found travelling in it. Thereupon, the petitioner approached the jurisdictional Magistrate Court with an application under