Pannalal Mahto v. The State Of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary,Registration, Excise And Prohibition Deptt.,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.732 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-85 Year-2018 Thana- BALTHAR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Pannalal Mahto, Son of Jhakad Mahto Resident of Village- Barwat Parsain, Ward No. 09, P.S.- Bettiah Muffasil, District- West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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The State of Bihar through The Principal Secretary, Registration, Excise And Prohibition Deptt., Govt. Of Bihar, Patna.

2.

The District Magistrate, West Champaran, Bettiah. 3.

The Superintendent of Police, West Champaran, Bettiah. 4.

The Superintendent of Excise, West Champaran, Bettiah. 5.

The Officer In- Charge, Balthar, Police Station, West Champaran, Bettiah. ... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Pandey For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Vikash Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-04-2019 In view of bar of jurisdiction of the court in confiscation of any property seized or detained in connection with an offence committed under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act and the proceeding of confiscation being a civil proceeding, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks leave to withdraw the application with liberty to file a civil writ application for release of the motor vehicle (Scorpio) bearing Registration No. BR-05S-0498.

The application is disposed of with liberty aforesaid. (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J) pradeep/sneha U T