records and the objection filed before the learned Magistrate, is briefly as follows:

Crime No.293 of 2025 was registered on the file of Town West Police Station, Dindigul, for alleged offences under Sections 8(c), 20(b) (ii)(A) and 25 of the NDPS Act. The allegation is that certain persons were found in possession / transport of ganja in a quantity attracting Section 20(b)(ii)(A) (small quantity), constituting an offence under Section 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(A), and that the vehicle mentioned below was used in connection with the said offence.

4. The police seized the Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle bearing Registration No. TN-57-BM-8218, with Engine and Chassis numbers as noted above, treating it as a conveyance involved in the commission of the NDPS offence. The motorcycle is presently in the custody of the respondent police, kept in the police station as case property. In the written objection filed to Crl.M.P.No.2147 of 2025, the prosecution stated that the application for return of the vehicle is “not maintainable” and that the investigation is still pending, and that if the vehicle is handed over to the petitioner, he will not produce it in future. On this basis, the prose