Mantu Kumar @ Mantu Kumar Mandal v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.4452 of 2018 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13249 of 2018 ====================================================== Mantu Kumar @ Mantu Kumar Mandal, son of Siyaram Mandal, resident of Village- Durga Asthan Tola, Pakdia, P.S. Falka, District- Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. The Divisional Commissioner, Excise Department Purnea Division, Purnia

3. The District Magistrate, Katihar

4. The Superintendent of Police, Katihar

5. The Officer-in-Charge, in Aazam Nagar, Police Station- Barsoi, Katihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. P.N. Shahi, AAG- 6 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 19-12-2018 Keeping in view the large quantity of the contraband recovered and the fact that the contraband of 201 bottles of Imperial wine was transported in a newly purchased Tata Safari vehicle, no case is made out for modification at this stage as the petitioner has neither disclosed the resources from where he could afford to purchase a new luxury car of a huge cost and the correct status of his

Patna High Court MJC No.4452 of 2018(2) dt.19-12-2018 2/2 income etc. for us to take a lenient view as in other cases. The modification application, therefore, stands rejected accordingly.

(Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, CJ) (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) P.K.P./-R.S.Sen U