Alok Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary Department Of Home And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2059 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-173 Year-2017 Thana- BHAGWANPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Alok Ranjan Son of Late Ramkaran Singh @ Ram Lakhan Singh, resident of Village- Harpur Kasturi, P.S.- Bhagwanpur, District- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary Department of Home. 2.

The Principal Secretary, Excise and Prohibition Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

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The District Magistrate Cum District Collector Vaishali at Hajipur. 4.

The Superintendent of Police, Vaishali at Hajipur. 5.

The Excise Superintendent, Vaishali at Hajipur. 6.

The Station Home Officer, Bhagwanpur, Vaishali. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Kaushal Kishor For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Vivek Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-04-2019 This application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner for a direction to the respondents to release Mahindra & Mahindra Bolero bearing Registration No. BR-1PA-1481, which has been seized in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 173 of 2017 registered under Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

Realizing that confiscation is a civil proceeding, learned counsel for the petitioner sought leave to withdraw the present application with liberty to file a civil writ application

Patna High Court CR. WJC No.2059 of 2018(2) dt.09-04-2019 2/2 before this Court in the same subject matter. Leave is granted. The application is disposed of. (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J) pradeep/sneha U T