Jalim Ray v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC No.5654 of 2025, Patna High Court, decided 14-05-2025: release of a stolen-then-seized Hero Splender Plus 100cc motorcycle (BR-31AF-8526) taken on 03.07.2024 in Doriganj P.S. Case No. 144 of 2024 under section 30(a) Bihar Excise Act despite confiscation order dated 10.02.2025; underlying theft FIR Hari Har Nath O.P. Sonepur (Saran) P.S. Case No. 151 of 2024 (24.02.2024); appeal under Section 92 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 and remedy under Rule-12A of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Rules, 2021 held to be no bar; release ordered on undertaking to produce vehicle for inspection; districts Vaishali/Saran, Bihar; writ disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with direction to the concerned authority to release the petitioner's Hero Splender Plus 100cc vehicle (Regn. No. BR-31AF-8526) to him, subject to his undertaking to produce the vehicle for inspection/examination whenever warranted in respect of Doriganj P.S. Case No. 144 of 2024 registered on 03.07.2024.