IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC TUESDAY, THE 8TH JANUARY 2008 / 18TH POUSHA 1929 WP(C).No. 871 of 2008(D) ------------------------ PETITIONER: ------------ MRS. PATHIMA, W/O. MOIDEEN, KUNNATH HOUSE, VELIYANCODE P.O., MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.GEORGEKUTTY MATHEW RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, COLLECTORATE, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 2. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PONNANI POLICE STATION, PONNANI P.O., MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY GOVT. PLEADER MR. I.V. PRAMOD. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08/01/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: ANTONY DOMINIC, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = W.P.(C) No. 871 OF 2008 D = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 8th January, 2008 J U D G M E N T Ext. P4 order is under challenge. Ext. P4 has been issued on the finding that the autorickshaw belonging to the petitioner has been used for the unauthorised transportation of river sand. A reading of Ext. P4 itself shows that the petitioner has confessed that he had transported river sand without any pass. If that be so, the conclusion of guilt arrived at in Ext. P4 is unassailable. 2. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the value fixed and the fine imposed is disproportionate to the offence. The statute itself provides that for release of the vehicle the offender has to pay the value of the same. Similarly, the fine also is a matter for the authorities to consider particularly, since the object of such imposition of fine is to have deterrent effect on offenders for violation of the statute. Writ petition fails and is dismissed. ANTONY DOMINIC JUDGE jan/-