RAGHBIR SINGH ALIAS BEERA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS revision petition has been directed against the order dated April 18, 2006, passed by Judge, Special Court, Sangrur, whereby application filed by the petitioner for releasing the car bearing registration No. DL-6C-3076 on sapurdari which was impounded in case FIR No. 41 dated 26.3.2006 under Section 15/25 of the NDPS Act, registered at Police Station Lehra, has been dismissed.

(2.) THE petitioner is the owner of the aforesaid vehicle. As per the prosecution version, 15-1/2 kgs. of poppy husk was recovered from this vehicle, when it was being driven by the petitioner. The trial in the case is going on. However, same is not likely to conclude soon. During the pendency of the trial, the petitioner moved application for releasing the said vehicle on sapurdari, which has been dismissed by the trial Court, vide impugned order on the ground that the vehicle in question is liable to be confiscated under the Act.

(3.) I have heard counsel for the parties.