JUDGMENT

Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Senior Government Pleader, this Court finds that the facts involved are squarely in the teeth of a Bench decision of this Court in District Collector, Palakkad v. Unais (WA No.609/2023), which has been followed by this Court in W.P(C)No.37314/2025.

2. Learned Senior Government Pleader has no quarrel that the facts of the instant case is liable to be governed by the two judgments afore referred.

3. In the circumstances, there will be a direction to the 2^nd respondent Village Officer, as also, the 3^rd respondent Station House Officer to release the vehicle of the petitioner bearing No.KL-63-E-7244 expeditiously, at any rate, before 1.00 p.m tomorrow (31/1/2026). Learned Senior Government Pleader will communicate the gist of the judgment to respondents 2 and 3 forthwith.

This Writ Petition will stand allowed as indicated above.

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