IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16917 of 2025 ====================================================== Aman Kumar Singh S/o Hari Kishor Singh Resident of Village- Dubauliya, P.S.- Ramgarhwa, Dist.- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Excise and Prohibition Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Principal Secretary, Excise and Prohibition Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Collector-cum- District Magistrate, West Champaran at Bettiah. 4. The Superintendent of Police, West Champaran at Bettiah. 5. The Officer- In- Charge, Nautan Police Station, Nautan, District- West Champaran. 6. The Investigating Officer, Nautan P.S. Case No.- 339/2025, Nautan Police Station, Nautan, District- West Champaran. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raushan Raj, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Viveka Nand Singh, AC to GP-18 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD) 2 03-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AC to GP-18 for the State 2. Petitioner in the present case is seeking release of the vehicle bearing registration No. BR05Z9857 Chassis No. MD2A11CY4JRB28552 and Engine No. DHYRJB51688. 3. It appears that the vehicle in question has been seized in connection with Nautan P.S. Case No. 339 of 2025 dated 10.07.2025 registered under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Patna High Court CWJC No.16917 of 2025(2) dt.03-12-2025 2/3 Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022. 4. The allegation is that of transporting 34.5 liters of foreign liquor. 5. It appears from the pleading in the writ application that according to the petitioner, the vehicle in question was stolen from the varandah of the house of the petitioner and in this regard, the petitioner has filed Ramgarhwa P.S. Case No. 33 of 2023 (Annexure P/2). No incriminating article has been recovered from the petitioner and in this case no confiscating proceeding has started till now. 6. Be that as it may, it appears that the petitioner has not approached the competent authority under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Rules, 2021 (as amended up to date) for release of the vehicle in question. 7. In the circumstances, we are disposing of the writ application with liberty to file an appropriate application before the competent authority under Bihar Prohibition and Excise Rules, 2021 (as amended up to date) within a period of thirty days from today. If such an application is filed, the same will be considered by the competent authority, keeping in view the several judicial pronouncements on the subject and an Patna High Court CWJC No.16917 of 2025(2) dt.03-12-2025 3/3 appropriate order shall be passed within a reasonable period. 8. The writ application stands disposed off accordingly. manoj/- (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) (Sourendra Pandey, J) U