ANILKUMAR RAMLAL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) By this writ application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the writ-applicant has prayed for the following reliefs;

(2.) The facts giving rise to this writ application may be summarized as under.

(3.) The writ-applicant is a businessman and is the owner of a luxury bus bearing registration no. RJ 12 PA 2786. On 04.12.2017, the police received an information that the luxury bus referred to above was to pass through the Shamlaji Check Post containing a huge quantity of liquor. It appears that the luxury bus started its journey from Rajasthan and was proceeding towards Ahmedabad. The police intercepted the luxury bus at the Shamlaji Check Post and seized a huge quantity of liquor from the same. In such circumstances, one passenger, the driver and the cleaner of the luxury bus came to be arrested. The luxury bus also came to be seized by the police.