2025 INSC 1258 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). OF 2025 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No(s).8698 of 2025)

DENASH ….APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU ….RESPONDENT(S)

J U D G M E N T

Mehta, J.

1. Heard.

2. Leave granted.

3. The appellant herein has approached this Court through this appeal by special leave for assailing the judgment dated 20^th December, 2024 passed by the learned Single Judge of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court¹ in Criminal Revision Case (MD) No.1021 of 2024, whereby the prayer made by the appellant for interim custody of his lorry bearing Signature Not Verified D N i E g E ita T l U ly K si H gn A e J d U R by IA Date: 2025.10.27

Reason: 1 Hereinafter, being referred to as the “High Court”.

registration no. TN 52 Q 0315 (Ashok Leyland, 14 wheeler)2, was rejected.

Brief Facts: -

4. The appellant is the owner of the vehicle in question, which was lawfully hired for transporting 29,400 MT of iron sheets from M/s S.S. Steel and Power, Chhattisgarh to Ashok Steels, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu. For this purpose, the vehicle had been assigned to driver Kannan @ Venkatesan (accused No. 1), Deva (accused No. 2), Se