Santosh Kumar Gupta v. The State Of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary, Department Of Forest And Environment, Bihar, Pa

Patna High Court Cr. WJC No.707 of 2018 (4) dt.27-08-2018

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.707 of 2018 =================================================== Santosh Kumar Gupta S/o Tarkeshwar Prasad, R/o VillagePawna, P.S.- Pawna, District- Bhojpur (Ara). .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary, Department of Forest & Environment, Bihar, Patna.

2. The Divisional Forest Officer Cum Authorized Officer, Rohtas Forest Division, Rohtas.

3. The forest Officer, Tilauthu, Forest Department, Rohtas at Sasaram.

4. The Officer Incharge, Dehri Nagar Thana, Dehri, Rohtas at Sasaram.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Babu Nandan Prasad, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Lokesh Kumar Singh (A.C. AAG-13) =================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4.

27-08-2018 The petitioner has filed a contempt application for alleged disobedience of the order dated 27.04.2018 passed in Cr.W.J.C. No. 707/2018. The contempt application will be dealt with separately.

So far as the present writ application is concerned, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he would not press this writ application in view of the provisional order of release of the vehicle, at this stage keeping his pleas open to be taken at the subsequent stage as and when occasion will arise. The writ application is, therefore, disposed of as not pressed, leaving it open for the petitioner to take all such pleas which are available to him if the petitioner is called upon to face trial.

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