Rajendra Menon, J.

Challenging the action of the District Magistrate, Jamui, to confiscate a motorcycle bearing Registration No.53B 7198, which has been seized in connection with Malaypur P.S. Case No.79C2/18 for violation of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'), this writ petition has been filed.

2. Earlier also, when the same action was taken, the petitioner approached this Court in CWJC No.5277 of 2018 and we, by an order passed on 22.03.2018, as has been done in a large number of cases, directed for release of the vehicle pending finalization of the confiscation case on the petitioner furnishing two surety bonds to the satisfaction of the District Magistrate and further undertaking to produce the vehicle as and when directed by the authority concerned and not to alienate or deal with the vehicle in question or create a third party interest during the pendency of the confiscation proceedings.

3. When the petitioner approached the District Magistrate for release of the vehicle, the District Magistrate has passed a detailed order and has issued the following directions:-

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