Patna High Court
Srikant Nirala vs The State Of Bihar on 17 January, 2025
Author: P. B. Bajanthri
Bench: P. B. Bajanthri, Sunil Dutta Mishra
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16968 of 2024
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Srikant Nirala, S/o Kripanand Singh, Resident of Village- Goura, Rampur
Chouram, P.S.- Arwal, District- Arwal.
... ... Petitioner.
Versus
1. The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary, Registration and
Excise Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.
2. The District Magistrate, Bhojpur.
3. The Superintendent of Police, Bhojpur, Arrah.
4. The Station House Officer, P.S.- Chandi, District- Bhojpur, Arrah.
5. The Station House Officer, District- Arwal.
... ... Respondents.
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner : Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate.
For the State : Mr. Standing Counsel (22).
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P. B. BAJANTHRI
and
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA
ORAL JUDGMENT
(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P. B. BAJANTHRI)
Date : 17-01-2025
In the instant writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for
the following relief(s):
"For issuance of proper writ/writs,
order/orders, direction/directions to the respondents
particularly Respondent no.4 to release the
motorcycle of the petitioner bearing Registration
No.BR21Q-0209, Engine no.-HAI0ACHHCB5679,
Chassis no.-MBLHARI84HHC42945, Make-
Passion Pro of Hero Company, which was seized
by Chandi Police, Bhojpur in connection with
Chandi P.S. Case no.156/2022, registered U/s 307,
504, 353 I.P.C.; 27 Arms Act; 30(a) of Bihar
Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018
with exemplary cost and compensation towards
mental agony."
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2. Subject matter of vehicle bearing Registration
No.BR21Q-0209, Passion Pro of Hero Company, was alleged to
have been involved in a criminal case for the offence under the
Indian Penal Code read with the Arms Act and the provisions of
Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018.
Resultantly, it was seized by the police officials-respondents. In
the confiscation proceedings, the District Magistrate, Bhojpur at
Ara, passed an order on 13.02.2024 and it reads as under:
"13.02.2024 vfHkys[k miLFkkfirA fcgkj e|fu'ks/k ,oa mRikn
¼la"kks/ku½ fu;ekoyh&2022 ds fu;e&12¼d½ ds vkyksd esa pk¡nh Fkkuk
dkaM la[;k&156@2022] fnukad&18-06-2022 esa tIr okgu iS"ku izks0
eksVj lkbZfdy jft0 la[;k&BR21Q-0209, batu
la[;k&HA10ACHHCB5679 ,oa psfpl la[;k&
MBLHAR184HHC42945 dks chek dh jkf"k&34]830@& ¼pkSrhl
gtkj vkB lkS rhl½ :i;s dh U;wure jkf"k tek djkdj eqDr djkus
gsrq izi=&IV esa vkosnu nkf[ky fd;k x;k gSA
vkosnd dk mDr okgu pksjh gks xbZ FkhA blds laca/k esa
okgu Lokeh JhdkUr fujkyk] is0&d`ikuUn flag] xzke&xkSjk] iks0&jkeiqj
pkSje] Fkkuk&jkeiqj pkSje] ftyk&vjoy }kjk vjoy Fkkuk dkaM
la[;k&53@2022] fnukad&10-02-2022 /kkjk&379 Hkk0n0fo0 ds rgr
izkFkfedh ntZ djk;k x;k gSA ekuuh; mPp U;k;ky;] iVuk ds
CWJC No-11678/2022 esa ikfjr vkns"k esa vafdr gS fd iwoZ esa
pksjh gq, okgu ftldk iz;ksx "kjkc ds ifjogu esa gqvk gks] ,sls okgu
vf/kgj.k ds ;ksX; gSA
vkosnd }kjk okgu dh chek dh jkf"k dk 10 % vFkkZr
3]483@& ¼rhu gtkj pkj lkS frjklh½ :i;s dks OGRAS ds ek/;e
ls foi= dksM&R0070.01.102.0007 esa tek djkdj bZ&pkyku dh
eqy izfr nkf[ky fd;k x;k gSA nkf[ky bZ&pkyku dh GRN No-
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BHR20240200410206M gSA vkosnd }kjk BSBCL ds [kkrk
la[;k&3041002100033416, (IFSC Code- PUNB0304100)
esa "keu jkf"k dk 03% vFkkZr 105@& ¼,d lkS ikap½ :i;s tek
djkdj lk{; izLrqr fd;k x;k gSA
mi;qZDr of.kZr ifjis{; esa bl vf/kgj.k okn dh dkjZokbZ dks
lekIr djrs gq, pkanh Fkkuk dkaM la[;k&156@2022] fnukad&18-
06-2022 esa tIr okgu iS"ku izks0 eksVj lkbZfdy jft0
la[;k&BR21Q-0209 ds okgu Lokeh eukst dqekj flag ds i{k esa
eqDr fd;k tkrk gSA Fkkuk/;{k pk¡nh] Hkkstiqj dks vkns"k fn;k tkrk gS
fd mfpr oS/kkfud igpku ij okgu dks okgu Lokeh ds i{k esa eqDr
djsaxsA okgu eqfDr ds mijkUr ;fn mDr okgu fdlh xSj dkuwuh
xfrfof/k vFkok शराब ds ifjogu ds vkjksi esa tIr fd;k tkrk
gS] rks okgu dks vf/kgfjr dj fy;k tk;sxkA
vkns"k dh izfr lHkh lacaf/kr dks vuqikyu gsrq HksatsA
ys[kkfir ,oa la"kksf/krA
g0@& g0@&
lekgrkZ] lekgrkZ]
Hkkstiqj] vkjkA Hkkstiqj] vkjkA
22-02-2024
vkns”k fnukad&13-02-2024 esa Vad.k Hkqy ds dkj.k pkSFkk
ikjk ds pkSFkk iafDr esa ^^JhdkUr fujkyk^^ ds LFkku ij ^^eukst dqekj
flag^^ Vafdr gks x;k gSA vc mDr vkns”k esa ^^eukst dqekj flag^^ ds
LFkku ij ^^JhdkUr fujkyk^^ i<+k tk;sA bl vkns”k dks bl gn rd
la”kksf/kr le>k tk;sA
vkns”k dh izfr lHkh lacaf/kr dks vuqikyu gsrq HksatsA
ys[kkfir ,oa la”kksf/krA
g0@& g0@&
lekgrkZ] lekgrkZ]
Hkkstiqj] vkjkA Hkkstiqj] vkjkA ”
3. In the light of the aforementioned quasi judicial
order of the District Magistrate/District Collector, Bhojpur, Ara,
it was bounden duty of the concerned officials to release the
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practical difficulty to the effect that subject matter of seized
vehicle is stated to have been stolen from the Malkhana. In this
regard, necessary steps were stated to have been taken by the
jurisdictional police and it is pending consideration.
4. Be that as it may, due to the pendency of the
aforementioned proceedings relating to the theft of the vehicle
from Malkhana, the petitioner shall not be penalized. Therefore,
the District Magistrate, Bhojpur, Ara, is hereby directed to
release valuation of the vehicle a sum of Rs.34830/-, which has
been taken note of by him in its order dated 13.02.2024 and pay
the same to the petitioner within a period of six weeks from the
date of receipt of this order along with the interest at the rate of
6% per annum from 13.02.2024 till payment is made. The
petitioner is requested to cooperate in claiming insurance insofar
as loss of the vehicle during the police custody (Malkhana). If
such necessary step is taken by both the petitioner and the
concerned official respondents, the concerned Insurance
Company is requested to expedite the matter and settle. In the
event of granting any claim amount in favour of the petitioner,
the petitioner is hereby directed to remit in the concerned
Treasury Office at the earliest.
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5. With the above observations, the instant writ petition
stands disposed of.
(P. B. Bajanthri, J)
( Sunil Dutta Mishra, J)
P.S./-
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