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This Writ Petition is filed for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to release the petitioner's Hero Splendor Plus Two Wheeler vehicle bearing Registration No.TN 95 F 8164, based on the representation dated 17.06.2022 given by him.

2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner is the owner of Hero Splendor Plus Two Wheeler vehicle bearing Registration No.TN 95 F 8164 and he has been arrayed as an accused in Crime No.161 of 2022 for offence under Section 4(1)(a) of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, 193. On 07.05.2022, at about 20.15, the second respondent has conducted a raid near Karuppusamy Temple, Anaikuttam Road. At that time, the petitioner and the pillion rider namely Pandi came there. The second respondent Police stopped the vehicle and enquired them. On enquiry, the pillion rider was found in possession of 30 number of bottles of 180 ml of Men's Club Brandy. Thereafter, the second respondent police seized the vehicle and the liqour bottles. The petitioner and the pillion rider were arrested and remanded to judicial custody and they were produced before the learned Judicial Magistrate-II, Sattur. Following the registration of the case, the