ORDER

Challenging the order of dismissal passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Sivakasi, in Crl.M.P.No.8213 of 2023, with regard to return of cash of Rs.1,17,300/- (Rupees One Lakh Seventeen Thousand and Three Hundred only) which was seized from the petitioner, the present Criminal Revision Petition has been filed.

2. The petitioner is the first accused in Crime No.471 of

2023 on the file of the respondent police, for the offences under Sections 328 IPC and 6(b) r/w. 24(1) of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act.

3. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is that on

20.10.2023, on a vehicle check up near Pillayar Kovil, Sivakasi Amman Kovilpatty, a car namely, Alto bearing Registration No.TN 67 AS 5766, was stopped and searched by the respondent police and they found that the petitioner/ A1 along with A2 were in possession of banned tobacco products. The petitioner was arrested and the entire tobacco products were seized along with the car by the respondent police and also a cash of Rs.1,17,300/- (Rupees One Lakh Seventeen Thousand and Three Hundred only) was recovered from the petitioner. Hence, the respondent police registered a case in Crime No.471 of 2023 for t