G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice (Oral) .

The present Public Interest Litigation as such, has been initiated on account of the communication dated 08.11.2024 received from Sanjay Kumar son of Kishan Chand, resident of Village Kungri PO Silbdhani Tehsil Padhar District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.

2. The Coordinate Bench while going through the affidavit of the Superintendent of Police, Kangra, H.P., was not satisfied to the siezure as such of two other vehicles, which were not at the spot in the case FIR No.19/2023 dated 15.02.2023.

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

The vehicle as such at the spot was HP-37-A-5817, which is stated to have been Omni Van and the other two vehicles are Alto Car bearing Registration No. HP-76-4505 and Mahindra Pick-up bearing Registration No.HP-76-5697.

3. Resultantly, fresh affidavit, as such, has been filed by the Superintendent of Police, Kangra, detailing as such the history regarding FIR No.19/2023, whereby Ravi Kumar, son of Mela Ram has been involved in the recovery of contraband i.e. ‘Charas’ weighing 1.110 kg from the Omni Van. It is brought to our notice that the complainant, Sanjay Kumar is brother-in-law of Ravi