CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH)

2 12-01-2026 The present writ petition has been filed for de-sealing and releasing of one room shop of the petitioner with its entire furniture and fittings located at outer courtyard of his residential house situated at Ward No. 35/19, Sant Nagar, South to Hanuman Temple, Gangjala (under Municipal Corporation) Saharsa which has been sealed on 19.05.2024 by the Saharsa Excise/Prohibition Police on account of recovery of 40.02 liters of Indian made foreign liquor from the possession of the tenant of the petitioner who was, at that moment of time, in occupation of the shop in question.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though pursuant to lodging of Saharsa Excise Case No. 221 of 2024 under Section 30 (a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act , 2016 on 19.05.2024 against the tenant, namely, Deepak Kumar Singh, a confiscation case bearing Excise Confiscation Case No. 192 of 2024 has been initiated and a show cause notice dated 05.09.2024 has been issued to the petitioner, whereupon the petitioner has also filed his show