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Gauri Shankar Ray @ Gauri Kumar Rai v. The State Of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary, Registration, Excise And Prohibition Department

Patna HC1 Apr 2019CR. WJC/2979/2018

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Petitioner sought direction under Articles 226/227 to release a seized vehicle linked to a prohibition case. Court allowed withdrawal to file a civil writ application as confiscation is a civil proceeding; disposed of the current criminal writ application.

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Petition allowed to be withdrawn with liberty to file a civil writ application; current application disposed of.

Gauri Shankar Ray @ Gauri Kumar Rai Vs The State Of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary, Registration, Excise And Prohibition Department — Patna HC (2019) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2979 of 2018

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-376 Year-2018 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- Sitamarhi

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Gauri Shankar Ray @ Gauri Kumar Rai Son of Shri Ganesh Ray @ Ganesh Rai, Resident of Village- Panchtaki Ram, Police Station- Bairgania, DistrictSitamarhi, at present 77 A Floor, Dainik Shivheri, Bhata Bazar, P.S.- Barli, Mumbai.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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The State Of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary, Registration, Excise And Prohibition Department

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The Principal Secretary, Registration, Excise and Prohibition Department, Government of Bihar, Patn

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The Collector-cum-District Magistrate, Sitamarhi.

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The Superintendent of Excise, Sitamarhi.

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... ... Respondent/s

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Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Pushpendra Kumar Singh For the Respondent/s : Mr.Vivek Prasad Gp-7 ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

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2 01-04-2019

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The instant application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner for a direction to the respondents to release the vehicle of the petitioner bearing Registration No. BR 30Q-6998, which has been seized in connection with Complaint Case No. C-2/376 of 2018 dated 18.07.2018 registered under Sections 30(A) of Bihar Prohibition And Excise Act, 2016.

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At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that this application has wrongly been filed as criminal writ petition. He contended that since confiscation is a

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Patna High Court CR. WJC No.2979 of 2018(2) dt.01-04-2019 2/2

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civil proceeding, he may be permitted to withdraw the present application with liberty to file civil writ application in the same subject matter.

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Leave is granted. The application is disposed of.

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(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J)

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pradeep/sneha

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Gauri Shankar Ray @ Gauri Kumar Rai v. The State Of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary, Registration, Excise And Prohibition Department

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