No Absolute Bar on Releasing Seized Vehicles Under Gujarat Prohibition Act: SC

Case Title: M/s ABC Express v State of Gujarat

Case No.: CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 4172 OF 2026

Coram:  Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Sree Chandrashekar

Court Observation

Section 98(2) of the Prohibition Act is not absolute embargo and the Trial Court must exercise its powers under Section 451 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to pass appropriate order on the interim custody of the articles produced before the Court.

No Absolute Bar on Releasing Seized Vehicles Under Gujarat Prohibition Act: SC