Kalawati Devi v. The State Of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary, Department Of Registration, Excise And Prohibit

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.160 of 2018 ====================================================== Kalawati Devi, Wife of Late Kailash Pasi, resident of Village- Kabilaspur, P.S.- Thawe, District- Gopalganj.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Registration, Excise and Prohibition, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2. The Excise Commissioner, Bihar, Patna.

3. The Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna.

4. The Inspector General of Police, Bihar, Patna.

5. The District Magistrate/Collector, Gopalganj.

6. The Superintendent of Police, Gopalganj.

7. The Excise Superintendent, Gopalganj.

8. The Circle Officer, Manjha Block, District- Gopalganj.

9. The Officer-in-Charge of Thawe Police Station, District- Gopalganj.

10. The Investigating Officer of Thawe P.S. Case no. 113/16, Thawe Police Station, Gopalganj.

.... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

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

03-05-2018 At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to convert this criminal writ application in a civil writ application as he wants to challenge the virus of the provisions of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. According to learned counsel, the confiscation order has been passed by the District Magistrate, who is an Executive.

Petitioner is permitted to do so within a period of one week, failing which this application shall stand rejected without further reference to a Bench. Office to report accordingly.

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