JUDGMENT - GHODESWAR M.B., J.:The petitioner Kailashpati Kedia s/o Mahabir Prasad

Kedia, the Chairman of the business group known as House of Kedia has filed this petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India read with section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for quashing and setting aside the first information report registered vide Crime No. 52/96 on dated 23-2-1996 by the Inspector, Flying Squad No. 1, State Excise Department, Nagpur under sections 65(a), (e), 66(1)(b), 81, 83 108 of the Bombay Prohibition Act, hereinafter for short the Act and under Rule 3(1)(b)(ii) of the Maharashtra Through Transport Rules, 1952.

2. Shortly stated, the facts are as under :

The petitioner company, Kedia Castle Dellon Industries Limited, runs a unit in Kumhari, District Durg (Madhya Pradesh) for manufacture of Indian made Foreign Liquor, for short IMFL, the registered office of which is at 6-B, Express Towers, 42-A, Shakespere Sarani, Calcutta. According to the petitioner, he is the Chairman of House of Kedia which runs various units in India at different places, one of which is at Kumhari, district Durg (M.P.) The 3250 boxes of IMFL were being transported by Satpal Roadways i

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