IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.15185 of 2009 JAWED ALAM Versus STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 11.5.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. Petitioner wants quashing of the order dated 27.2.2009 passed in Araria P.S. Case No. 314 of 2008 whereunder and whereby learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria has refused to release the seized betel nuts by the police authority on the ground that the same may be stolen and are objects which falls foul of section 27 of the Custom Act. The only reasons given for none release of the seized articles is that the verification of the seized articles were still going on and during the pendency of investigation it is not possible for release of the same. The case in question came to be registered on 19.6.2008. The Court is surprised that for a simple allegation of this kind the police has not completed the investigation and has taken any opinion in this regard till date. Looking at the perishable nature of the goods seized, let the same be released in favour of the petitioner on furnishing adequate security which may be fixed by the court below concerned within a period of three weeks from the date of communication or production of a copy of this order. This application is allowed. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi,J.)