Pramod Kumar Chaudhary @ Pramod Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar Through Its Chief Secretary Old Secretariat, Patna And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.394 of 2018 ======================================================

1. Pramod Kumar Chaudhary @ Pramod Chaudhary, S/o Late Shivji Chaudhary, resident of Ward No. 47, Kanhauali Bishundutt B.M.P. 6, P.O. Ramna P.S. Mithanpura, Muzaffarpur, District Muzaffarpur. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar Through Its Chief Secretary Old Secretariat, Patna.

2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Excise, Bihar, Patna.

3. The Principal Secretary Home Police, Bihar, Patna. 4.

The Collector-CumDistrict Magistrate, Muzaffarpur District Muzaffarpur.

5. The Excise Superintendent Muzaffarpur, District- Muzaffarpur.

6. Sub Inspector Excise, Town (Nagar) Circle, Muzaffarpur, DistrictMuzaffarpur. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nitu Kumari For the Respondent/s : Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha (Ga1) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2.

20-04-2018 Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this application with a liberty to prefer statutory appeal against the confiscation order. He is permitted to prefer an appeal before the appellate authority within a period of 30 days from today. The appellate authority shall consider the appeal on its own merit and shall not dismiss the same on the ground of limitation as the petitioner was prosecuting his remedy before this court under a bona fide belief.

This writ application stands disposed of.

(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J.) Rajeev/- U