Santosh Pandey, v. The State Of Bihar,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14848 of 2019 ====================================================== Santosh Pandey, Son of Sumeshwar Pandey, Resident of Village- Chaturbhuj, P.S.- Piro, District- Ara (Bhojpur).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar, through the Principal Secretary, Department of Excise, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2.

The District Magistrate cum Collector, Ara.

3.

The Officer In-Charge, Police Station, Buxar, (I). 4.

The Superintendent of the Excise Department, Ara. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bimlendu Shekher Thakur For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Kumar Manish (Sc5) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 21-01-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondents.

The petitioner prays for release of vehicle Hero Splender Pro Motorcycle, bearing Registration No. BR0 3H 9676 which has been seized in connection with Buxar P.S. Case No. 47 of 2019, for the offences punishable under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018. Learned counsel for the petitioner invites our attention to the order dated 18th January, 2020 passed in CWJC No. 3245 of 2017 titled as Manish Kumar Chaudhary Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. and prays for disposal in terms thereof.

Patna High Court CWJC No.14848 of 2019(3) dt.21-01-2020 2/2 As such, as prayed for, on mutually agreed terms, we dispose of the present petition in terms of the order dated 18th January, 2020 passed in CWJC No. 3245 of 2017 titled as Manish Kumar Chaudhary Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. making the terms contained therein, applicable mutatis mutandis, insofar as applicable, also to the instant petition. The terms of the said order shall be deemed to have been incorporated and read as a part and parcel of the present order. It shall be obligatory on the part of the instant parties to place on record of the authorities under the provision of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, a copy of not only the order passed in the instant petition, but also that of CWJC No. 3245 of 2017 titled as Manish Kumar Chaudhary Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors. which can be conveniently downloaded from the internet.

No order as to costs.

Petition stands disposed off in the aforesaid terms. (Sanjay Karol, CJ) ( Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) Ranjeet/- U