ORDER

19.02.2026

This appeal challenges the order dated 21.05.2024 passed by the Adjudicating Authority confirming the Provisional Attachment Order (“PAO”) dated 05.12.2023.

Brief facts of the case:

2.It is a case where four FIRs were registered for commission of different offences out of which two were involving predicate offences. The main allegation was against Shri Sunil Bhardwaj for running M/s Kala AMB Distillery and Brewery Pvt. Ltd. and was operating liquor syndicate both within and outside the State of Bihar in collusion with accomplice Shri Dorjee Phuntso Khrime (appellant). The allegation was for illegal supply of liquor to the State of Bihar from the States of Haryana, West Bengal and Jharkhand. Many trucks containing large quantities of raw spirits and liquors from the States of Haryana, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh were seized by the Bihar Police.

3.So far as the appellant is concerned, he was a resident of Papum Pare, Itanagar Circle, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh said to be key associate of Shri Sunil Bhardwaj in the illegal supply of liquor to the State of Bihar. He was identified as a director in M/s Pristine Distilleries Pvt. Ltd and associated with entities such as M/