Lalu Kumar Safi @ Lalu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar Through The Principle Secretary Department Of Excise And Prohibition Govt. Of Bih

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3072 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-174 Year-2018 Thana- LAUKAHA District- Madhubani ====================================================== Lalu Kumar Safi @ Lalu Kumar, son of Rajlal Safi, resident of VillageKamalpur, P.O. + P.S.-Laukaha, District-Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

2. The District Magistrate, Madhubani.

3. The Superintendent of Police, Madhubani.

4. The S.H.O. Laukaha Police Station, Madhubani. ... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Gagan Deo Yadav, Advocate For the Respondents-State:

Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha,, GA-1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-09-2019 This application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner for directing and commanding the respondent authorities to release the Glamour motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR-32S6643, which has illegally been seized in connection with Laukaha P.S. Case No.174 of 2018 registered under Sections 272, 273, 290 of the Indian Penal Code and 30(a) and 37(b) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

Realizing that the confiscation is a civil proceeding, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks leave to withdraw the present writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to file a civil writ application for the release of Glamour

Patna High Court CR. WJC No.3072 of 2018(3) dt.17-09-2019 2/2 motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR-32S-6643 seized in connection with Laukaha P.S. Case No. 174 of 2018. Leave is granted.

The writ petition is disposed of.

(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.) Sanjeet/- U T