Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20962 of 2025 ====================================================== Santosh Kumar Son of Satya Narayan Sah, Resident of Mohalla 2nd Electric Tower Pandra Friends Colony P.S. Pandra O.P. Sukhdeo Nagar, Ranchi, District Ranchi Jharkhand.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Registration, Excise and Prohibition, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2.

The Secretary cum Excise Commissioner, Bihar, Patna. 3.

Excise Commissioner, Patna.

4.

Assistant Commissioner Excise Prohibition, Patna. 5.

The Collector-cum-District Magistrate, Patna. 6.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna.

7.

District Transport Officer, Patna.

8.

Officer In Charge Excise Patna Police Station, Patna. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ram Prawesh Kumar, Adv.

For the Respondent/s : Mr. Standing Counsel -28 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH) 12-01-2026 At the outset, the learned counsel for the petitioner seeks not to press the present writ application, however, seeks liberty on behalf of the petitioner to challenge the order dated 08.12.2025 passed by the Assistant Commissioner, Prohibition, Excise and Registration Department, Patna by filing appropriate appeal under the provisions of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

Patna High Court CWJC No.20962 of 2025(2) dt.12-01-2026 2/2

2. Liberty so sought is granted.

3. The present writ application stands disposed of as not pressed.

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) ( Praveen Kumar, J) brajesh/- U