THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE JUVVADI SRIDEVI CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.702 of 2025

ORDER :

Challenging the order, dated 08.09.2025 passed in CRL.M.P.No.892 of 2025 in N.C.B.F.No.48/1/8/2024/NCB/HZU (Hyderabad Zonal Unit) passed by the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge at Sangareddy (for short ‘trial Court’), this Criminal Revision Case is filed. By the impugned order, the application filed by the petitioner under Section 503 of the BNSS, 2023, seeking interim custody of the vehicle i.e., Creta Car bearing No. TS 28 E 1224, was dismissed.

02. Heard Mr.P.Sri Harinath, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri M. Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State. Perused the record.

03. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the owner of the crime vehicle and the same is necessary to meet his day-to-day needs. The trial Court observed that Section 52-A of the Act provides that vehicle has to be produced before the concerned authorities i.e., Drug Disposal Committee, which is contrary to the provisions of Section 63 of NDPS Act. In support of his contention, he relied on the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in