Punjab and Haryana High Court orders release of vehicle seized in forged-registration case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the release of a vehicle seized in a case involving alleged manipulation of vehicle-registration records. Justice Sumeet Goel set aside an order refusing the registered owner’s request to take the vehicle on superdari, subject to conditions imposed by the trial court.
The vehicle was seized in connection with an FIR alleging that registration records and documents had been forged by inserting a star into vehicle chassis numbers. The petitioner told the Court that he owned the vehicle, was not named as an accused, and had bought it in good faith without knowing...