JUDGMENT :

Heard, Mr. Nilesh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Prabhu Dayal Agrawal, learned counsel for the State.

2. This petition has been heard through Video Conferencing in view of the guidelines of the High Court taking into account the situation arising due to COVID-19 pandemic. None of the parties have complained about any technical snag of audio-video and with their consent the matter has been heard on merit.

3. Petitioner has preferred this petition for quashing of order dated 23.12.2020 passed in Criminal Revision No. 62/2020 by which the order dated 21.09.2020 passed in Giddi P.S. Case No. 3/2020 passed by the Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Hazaribagh, was confirmed.

4. Giddi P.S. Case No. 3/2020 was instituted against the driver of the Bus bearing Reg. No. JH 02 AD 7017 alleging therein that on 26.01.2020 one School Bus met with an accident in which three children sustained injury. The driver fled away from the place of occurrence. On these backgrounds, the case was instituted.

5. Mr. Nilesh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner-owner filed an application for release of his vehicle before the learned trial court which was seized