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 petition has been filed to direct the respondent authorities to de-seal and release the seized house of the petitioner situated at Mohalla- Satpur Milhi Tola, P.S.- Kazimohammadour, District- Muzaffarpur, appertaining to Khata No. 676, Khesra No. 1223, admeasuring 2.13 decimal, which has been seized on account of recovery of 138.480 liters of illicit liquor from the said house in question leading to registration of Muzaffarpur Excise P.S. Case No. 399 of 2025 dated 30.03.2025 under Section 30 (a) and 32(3) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 against one Ashok Kumar Nishad, a tenant of the petitioner.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner be granted liberty to file appropriate petition under Rule 12B of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Rules, 2022’) before the learned Collector, Muzaffarpur, in as much as, at the time of filing of the present writ petition, the confiscation proceedings have not been initiated.

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