The High Court disposed of the writ petition directing the Superintendent of Police to hand over the seized vehicle to the petitioner after the confiscation proceedings were dropped by the Confiscating Officer.
Direction to the Superintendent of Police, Bhagalpur to hand over the possession of the vehicle to the petitioner if not already handed over.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2254 of 2020
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Ram Pravesh Kumar Son of Avdhesh Mandal Resident of VillageShankarpur, P.s.- Sabaur, District- Bhagalpur
... ... Petitioner/s
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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Shyam Kishor Das, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr.Kumar Manish ( SC-5 ) (The proceedings of the Court are being conducted through Video Conferencing and the Advocates joined the proceedings through Video Conferencing from their residence).
CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. KUMAR ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. KUMAR)
Date : 03-09-2020
Heard parties.
It has been submitted on behalf of counsel for the State that during pendency of writ petition the confiscation proceeding initiated against the seized vehicle being Confiscation Case No. 174 of 2019-20 has been dropped by the Confiscating Officer, Bhagalpur and the vehicle has been directed to be released in favour of petitioner.
The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a
Patna High Court CWJC No.2254 of 2020 dt.03-09-2020 2/2
direction to the Superintendent of Police, Bhagalpur to handover the possession of the vehicle to the petitioner, if not yet handed
over.
(Sanjay Karol, CJ)
( S. Kumar, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ petition shall be allowed in view of the dropping of confiscation proceedings.
Ram Pravesh Kumar
The State of Bihar
The Excise Commissioner, Bihar
The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur
The Superintendent of Police, Bhagalpur
The Superintendent of Excise, Bhagalpur
Sanjay Karol
S. Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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