Sunil Kumar Prasad v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CWJC No.2750 of 2026, decided 23-02-2026 (bench: Mohit Kumar Shah & Alok Kumar Pandey, JJ.; order per Mohit Kumar Shah, J). Release of seized vehicle - TVS Jupiter Scooty, Regn. No. BR 29 BF 1209 - seized in Kateya P.S. Case No.318 of 2025 dated 12.06.2025 (Gopalganj) after recovery of 36.840 liters of illicit liquor; offences under Section 317(5) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 and Sections 30(a), 41(1) Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016. Petition disposed of with liberty to apply under Rule 12 A of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2023; competent authority/authorized officer directed to decide on merits with reasoned, speaking order within four weeks. Petitioner: Sunil Kumar Prasad (Siwan); counsel: Shashi Bhushan Singh (petitioner), Sunil Kumar Mandal SC 3 and Neelam Kumari AC to SC 3 (respondents). No precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to file an appropriate petition under Rule 12 A of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2023 within four weeks; the competent authority/authorized officer to consider it on merits and pass a reasoned and a speaking order within four weeks thereafter.