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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
K. NATARAJAN, JOHNSON JOHN, JJ
ANIL KUMAR – Appellant
Versus
THE ADDL.EXCISE COMMISSIONER (ENFORCEMENT) – Respondent
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| 1. facts regarding vehicle seizure and legal proceedings. (Para 1 , 4) |
| 2. arguments and contentions raised by the appellant. (Para 5 , 7) |
| 3. court's observations and prior case law referenced. (Para 9 , 10) |
| 4. final ruling regarding the appeal and confiscation order. (Para 11) |
K. NATARAJAN . J This Writ Appeal is filed by the appellant/R.C. owner challenging the order passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No. 2071/2019 dated 23.06.2025, wherein the learned Single Judge dismissed the writ petition filed by the petitioner.
2. We have heard the arrangements of the learned coun-
sel for the appellant as well as the learned Senior Government Pleader.
3. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner was the R.C. owner of the jeep bearing registration number KL-2D-3594, which was seized by the Excise Range Office, Vamanapuram, Thiruvananthapuram District, on the ground that the vehicle was found carrying 7.750 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor on 31.07.2013. Subsequently, a prosecution was launched against the petitioner in Sessions Case No. 1252/2014, arising out of Crime No. 49/2013 of the Vamanapuram Excise Range Office, for offences punishab
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