Upendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar Through Principal Secretary Excise Dept. And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2070 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-173 Year-2018 Thana- DORIGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Upendra Kumar S/o Chandra Shekhar Prasad, Flat No. 231, 3rd Floor, Block -C-1, Sector- 11, Rohini, P.S.- Rohini, North Delhi. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar Through Principal Secretary Excise Dept.

2. District Magistrate, Saran, District- Saran.

3. Officer In Charge , Doriganj P.S., District- Saran. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Vivek Prasad (Gp 7) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 24-09-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel representing the State.

The petitioner is seeking provisional release of the vehicle bearing Registration No. DL11CA-6213 which has been seized in connection with Doriganj P. S. Case No. 173 of 2018 registered for the offences under Sections 272, 273 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30 (A)/38 of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act for recovery of 1.800 liter illicit liquor from the vehicle in question.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready and willing to abide by the terms and conditions which may be imposed by this Court for provisional release of the vehicle in question.

Patna High Court Cr. WJC No.2070 of 2018(2) dt.24-09-2018 2/2 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no confiscation proceeding has been initiated.

In view of the views expressed by the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court, considering the quantity of the illicit liquor being less than 30 liters, this Court would direct release of the vehicle in question on petitioner furnishing two sureties for the value of the vehicle in question as indicated in the insurance document to the satisfaction of the court below. Apart from the above, the petitioner shall be obliged to submit an undertaking before the learned court below that during the pendency of the confiscation proceeding he would not deal with the vehicle in question and shall not create any kind of encumbrance whatsoever and no third party right or interest shall be created. He would also undertake to produce the vehicle in question as and when required by the authority concerned. Let the vehicle be released within a week after submission of the two sureties as indicated above. This application stands disposed off.

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