Prosecution for transporting liquor without licence continues after proclaimed-person order set aside
Police in Khanna booked a man for alleged recovery of 27 boxes of country-made and English liquor being carried in a car. The trial court declared him a proclaimed person. The High Court allowed his plea and quashed the proclaimed-person order.
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How we verify →The proclaimed-person order stands quashed; the underlying Excise Act prosecution remains as per the FIR.
What happened
The High Court recorded FIR No. 278 dated 28.10.2017 under the Excise Act at Police Station City Khanna, Police District Khanna, District Ludhiana, according to the order text on Indian Kanoon.
The order notes recovery of 27 boxes of country made liquor and English liquor while being carried in a car, according to the order text.
The order records no allegation of spurious or poisonous liquor, violence, cheating, minors or any complaining victim, based on the excerpt shown.
The High Court allowed the petition and quashed the order dated 14.06.2023 declaring the petitioner a proclaimed person, according to the order text.
What the record says
“recovery of 27 boxes of country made liquor and English liquor,”
[name withheld] vs State of Punjab, Punjab and Haryana High Court order dated 18.05.2026, as reproduced on Indian Kanoon — read the full text
A peaceful economic act
Possessing or moving licit liquor without a permit harmed no one; it is a licence-permit violation with no victim and no spurious product alleged.
What we could not confirm
Whether sale or only possession was alleged, and the current trial stage, could not be confirmed from the excerpt; no spurious-liquor allegation appeared.