Excise plea withdrawn in Chandigarh liquor-recovery case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court closed a petition arising from a Punjab Excise Act liquor-recovery case against a person facing trial in Chandigarh. The court recorded the legal history of liquor recoveries under the Act and allowed withdrawal of the plea. The underlying excise prosecution continues.
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How we verify →The petition was withdrawn on 23.09.2026, leaving the underlying excise case to continue in the trial court.
What happened
The High Court recorded that the present occurrence took place on 08.07.2018 and that the matter raised the excise-law classification of liquor recoveries.
The High Court recorded that after an amendment to the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, all cases of recovery of liquor were punishable under Section 61(A), while other intoxicant cases were punishable under Section 61.
The High Court recorded that Section 61(A) was later removed from the statute book in 2013.
The High Court recorded that counsel for the petitioner stated he wished to withdraw the petition at that stage, and the court ordered accordingly and disposed of pending applications.
What the record says
“Section 61(A) was removed from the Statute Book in 2013.”
[name withheld] vs State of UT Chandigarh, CRM-M-10893-2022, order dated 23.09.2026 — read the full text
No complaining victim
Possessing or carrying liquor for personal use or sale harms no complaining victim, and the case was pursued only under excise law.
What we could not confirm
FIR number, police station, quantity of liquor and full factual narrative were not visible in the accessible excerpt; no spurious-liquor, violence or additional victim allegation appeared in the excerpt.