ORDER

The seizure of the Toyota Innova Car bearing Regn. No.KL-21-C-0786 by the respondent herein in Crime No. 224/2022 for the alleged offences punishable u/s 8 (c) r/w 20 (b)(ii)(C) and 25 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’), resulted in the filing of Crl. M.P. No.613/2023, u/s 451 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the petitioner herein, seeking return of the said vehicle, which was dismissed vide order dated 9.6.2023 by the Addl. District Judge, Principal Special Court for Trial of NDPS cases, Madurai, has ended before this Court assailing the said order.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the facts leading to the filing of the present revision are as hereunder :-

It is averred by the petitioner that he is the owner of the Toyota Innova Car bearing Registration No.KL-21-C-0786, which, as an interim arrangement, is alleged to have been handed over to one Hakkim, Sub Inspector of Police in Kerala Police Department on 29.07.2019 for his personal use towards some medical treatment to be taken by the said individual at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. It is the further averment of the petitioner that the original RC book, insurance, PUC and o