ORDER

This Criminal Revision Case is filed to call for the records relating to the order, dated 28.08.2025 passed in Crl.MP.No.277 of 2025, by the learned District Munsif Cum Judicial Magistrate Judge, Thirumayam, Pudukkottai District and to set aside the same and to order return of the Vehicle (Lorry), bearing Registration No.TN-55-CB-3522 seized by the Respondent Police.

2.The case of the Prosecution is that on 01.08.2025 at about 06.00 pm., when the Respondent Police along with his Team were on patrol duty near Ayyar Kanmoi, Pondhupuli, they found that the accused persons illegally quarried gravel sand and transported the same in his Lorry, bearing Registration No.TN-55-CB-3522 and thus, the Respondent Police seized the said Vehicle and a case was registered in Cr.No.75 of 2025 under Section 303 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ( BNS ), 2023 and Section 21 (1) and 21(2) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act , 1957. Hence, the Revision Petitioner has filed Crl.M.P.No.277 of 2025, seeking release of the said Vehicle, before the Trial Court and by the impugned order, the Trial Court had dismissed the said petition, refusing to release the said Vehicle. Hence,