HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ****

Date of Decision: 08.05.2025 ****

Chetan Kumar ... Petitioner VS.

State of Haryana ... Respondent ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SANDEEP MOUDGIL ****

Present: Mr. Akshay Kumar Dahiya, Advocate for Mr. Pawan Kumar Hooda, Advocate for for the petitioner Mr. Chetan Sharma, DAG Haryana ****

Sandeep Moudgil, J. (Oral)

(1). This petition under Section 528 BNSS has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer to quash the FIR No.305 dated 27.09.2024 (Annexure P1) under Sections 61(1)(a) of Punjab Excise Act, 1914 (Haryana Amendment Bill, 2020) registered at Police Station Manesar, District Gurugram along with all consequential proceedings arising therefrom.

(2). Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per the prosecution case, the petitioner was found driving a Honda City car wherefrom the police is said to have seized a crate containing 12 bottles of Kingfisher beer, without permit/licence. It is argued that FIR is frivolous for the reason that the petitioner along with two other friends had purchased the said beer carton from Ms/ Discovery Liquor House for an amount of Rs.1700/- and the bill to that effect is appended as Annexure P2.

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