Devendra Prasad And ANR v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Miscellaneous Appeal No.422 of 2018 In Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1213 of 2018 ====================================================== Devendra Prasad & Anr ... ... Appellant/s

Versus

The State of Bihar & Ors ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellants :

Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the State :

Mr. P.K. Verma, AAG-3 Mr. S.K. Sharma, AC to AAG-3 For Vigilance :

Mr. Ramakant Sharma, Sr. Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 24-05-2018 The petitioners have preferred an appeal under Section 17 of the Special Courts Act, 2009 as Miscellaneous Appeal against the judgment dated 17.01.2018, passed in Special Case No.03 of 2015, arising out of confiscation proceeding under Section 13 of the Bihar Special Courts Act, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act').

The Act itself relates to constitution of Special Courts for the speedy trial of certain class of offences and for confiscation of the property involved relating to the said offence. It is not a civil dispute. This matter arises out of a criminal offence, so the appeal is to be converted into criminal appeal under the said provision. (Arun Kumar, J) S.KUMAR/- U