The High Court of Karnataka has termed as the “abuse of process of law” the strange action of the State Excise Department, which had seized truckloads of liquor citing the violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) for elections even though the department itself had issued the permit for transportation of the liquor load when the MCC was in force.
“If at all the petitioner company was not permitted to deliver the liquor to Karnataka State Beverages Corporation Ltd., (KSBCL) during the period of the MCC, the department could not have issued the permit in favour of the petitioner,” the court observed while quashing the two first information reports (FIRs) registered against a company on March 18.
Justice M.G. Uma passed the order while allowing the petitions filed by Kalpatharu Breweries and Distilleries Pvt. Ltd., Somapura Industrial Area, Dobbspet, Bengaluru Rural district.
