ORDER

This Criminal Revision Case has been filed to set aside the order, dated 12.08.2021, made in Cr.M.P.No.624 of 2021, on the file of the Special Court under Essential Commodities Act, Thanjavur.

2. A vehicle, viz., Tempo Traveller Ambulance, bearing Registration No.TN-09-AE-7327, was seized by the respondent police in Crime No.6 of 2021, under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 29(1) and 25 of NDPS Act. The petitioner claiming himself as the owner of the vehicle, filed a petition before the Special Court under Essential Commodities Act, Thanjavur, for return of the vehicle in Cr.M.P.No.624 of 2021. That petition was dismissed by the Special Court under Essential Commodities Act, Thanjavur, on 12.08.2021. Against the same, the petitioner has preferred this Criminal Revision.

3.On the side of the petitioner, it is stated that the petitioner is not an accused in this case and the case was registered against the accused Nos.1 to 4 for transporting 28 Kgs of Ganja in an Ambulance Van. The vehicle is kept in the open place and the value of the vehicle is getting spoiled due to its exposure to sun and rain. The petitioner is not aware of the transit of Ganja. The vehicle is in custody for the past 8