IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.4920 of 2008 NIRANJAN MANTRI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 11.7.2008 Petitioner is seeking to quash the order dated 7.1.2008 and 9.10.2007 by which the Court below has refused to release the vehicle bearing Registration No. WB-66B/8118 to the petitioner. The facts are that the petitioner’s driver Noor Alam was made accused in a case under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. During investigation Noor Alam is said to have confessed that he was given Rs. 25,000/- for carrying the dacoits from Bahadurganj to Powakhali. As a result of which the Marshal Jeep was seized. The petitioner is the owner of the jeep and has claimed that the jeep may be released in his favour. The Court below has refused to release the jeep on the ground that the jeep was utilized in the commission of the crime. The police report annexure-4 indicates that the jeep belongs to the petitioner and that the police has no objection if it is released in favour of the petitioner. I accordingly direct the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kishanganj to release the Marshal Jeep No. WB-66B/8118 which has been seized in Thakurganj (Powakhali) P.S. Case No. 107 of 2007 subject to the usual conditions. This application is thus allowed. Learned counsel for the petitioner may deposit the cost of FAX for communicating the order to the Court concerned. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)