Ram Kewal Choudhary v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15518 of 2017 ====================================================== Ram Kewal Choudhary, son of Ram Ratan Choudhary resident of village Kama Bigha, P.S. - Aurangabad (T), District - Aurangabad. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State Of Bihar through the Secretaryu, Dept. of Excise, New Secretariat, Patna.

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The Excise Commissioner, Bihar, Patna.

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The Collector, Aurangabad.

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The Excise Officer, Aurangabad.

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The Superintendent of Police, Aurangabad.

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The Officer-In-Charge, Aurangabad T Police Station, Aurangabad. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Tej Narayan Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Vivek Prasad, GP-7 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 19-06-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is absent. Learned Government Advocate submits that pursuant to order dated 22.11.2017 of this Court, the vehicle was released provisionally and the confiscation proceedings have also been concluded.

If the confiscation proceeding is concluded against the petitioner, necessarily there would have to be an appeal filed. In such circumstances, we do not find any reason to keep the writ petition pending.

Patna High Court CWJC No.15518 of 2017(4) dt.19-06-2023 2/2 We dismiss the same giving liberty to the petitioner to challenge the confiscation proceedings, if aggrieved, with just exceptions.

(K. Vinod Chandran, CJ) ( Partha Sarthy, J) Sujit/- U