{"id":59059,"date":"2020-03-11T15:18:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T09:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59059"},"modified":"2020-03-11T15:18:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T09:48:26","slug":"calcutta-hc-no-police-man-can-seize-driving-license-except-when-in-uniform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/calcutta-hc-no-police-man-can-seize-driving-license-except-when-in-uniform","title":{"rendered":"Calcutta HC : No Police Man can seize Driving License except when in Uniform."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/671183-calcutta-highcourt.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"53084\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/calcutta-hc-raps-bengal-govt-for-denying-employment-benefits-to-cop\/671183-calcutta-highcourt\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/671183-calcutta-highcourt.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"671183-calcutta-highcourt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/671183-calcutta-highcourt.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-53084\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/671183-calcutta-highcourt.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/671183-calcutta-highcourt.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/671183-calcutta-highcourt.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/671183-calcutta-highcourt.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/671183-calcutta-highcourt.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/671183-calcutta-highcourt.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>A person is not obliged to\u00a0hand over his driving licence on demand to a Police Officer who is not in his uniform, in view of\u00a0Section 130 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.&#8221;, held\u00a0Calcutta High Court in one of its recent judgement.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came out in\u00a0(Suryaneel Das v. State of West Bengal &amp; Ors)<\/p>\n<p>The Court stated:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The duty to produce a licence and certificate of registration only arises under\u00a0Section 130 of the 1988 Act, Sub-section (1)\u00a0of which provides that the driver of a motor vehicle in any public place shall on demand by any police officer in uniform produce his licence for examination.&#8221;<br \/>\nIt was alleged that the petitioner was intimidated and threatened by two men dressed in civilian clothes, who seized his driving licence, without the issuance of any temporary authorisation slip.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner contended that while he was talking on the phone, two men came up to him, asked him to disconnect the phone and step out of the car in order to answer some queries.<\/p>\n<p>The men seized his driver&#8217;s licence and when asked, refused\u00a0to show any valid ID proofs.<\/p>\n<p>When the petitioner insisted, they though gave him a compound slip after the licence was seized. However, this slip didn&#8217;t disclose the identity of the impounding officers either.<\/p>\n<p>Justice\u00a0Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya\u00a0rebuking the Police for its conduct, remarked:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mala fides of the Sub-Inspector of Police, namely, Biswajit Das, is patent from his action in seizing the driving licence of the petitioner without issuing any acknowledgement which would act as a temporary licence for the petitioner in the first place.\u201d<br \/>\nObserving the above, the Court ruled out in favour of the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>It established that the Police Officers had violated the\u00a0Motor Vehicles Act\u00a0in seizing the driver&#8217;s licence while not in uniform. The Court observed,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; nothing has been disclosed as to the police being in uniform when they seized the driving licence and, as such, there was no duty cast upon the petitioner, who was the driver of the vehicle-in-question, to hand over his licence at all and the seizure of the licence was palpably under coercion on the part of the police officer involved, who was not even in uniform.&#8221;<br \/>\nIn its judgement, the Court rejected the submissions made by the Police relying on\u00a0Section 206 of the Motor Vehicles Act\u00a0to justify its conduct. This provision allows the seizure of driving licence where it is suspected that the driver may abscond or avoid legal summons, where such person is charged with an offence.<\/p>\n<p>The Court pointed out that even in such a scenario, the Police\u00a0&#8220;could at best take resort to\u00a0Section 177 of the 1988 Act\u00a0and impose a fine of Rs.100\/- as stipulated for a first offence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taking critical note of a submission that the Police in the area had no facility to accept cash or payment by card for any\u00a0Motor Vehicle Act\u00a0violation.<\/p>\n<p>The Court regarded it as\u00a0inexcusable\u00a0and\u00a0pointed out that the alternative of seizing driver&#8217;s licences for violations was disproportionate.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the High Court also held that there was no\u00a0prima facie\u00a0evidence to prove that the police gave an opportunity to\u00a0the petitioner to pay any fine on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>The Court thus held that the seizure and the proceedings against the petitioner were liable to be quashed.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0also cautioned the culpable\u00a0Police Officer to follow the due process of law in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince a Police Officer is supposed to be a protector of justice, a much higher obligation is expected from the officers of the police than a common citizen with regard to protecting the law by following due process of law.\u201d<br \/>\nOn account of the above, the writ petition was duly disposed of with directions that the Police authorities immediately return the driving licence to the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>The respondent-authorities were represented by Advocate\u00a0Amal Kumar Sen\u00a0and\u00a0Advocate\u00a0Ashima Das.<\/p>\n<p>The judgement was delivered by Justice\u00a0Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya on 04-03-2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person is not obliged to\u00a0hand over his driving licence on demand to a Police Officer who is not in his uniform, in view of\u00a0Section 130 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.&#8221;, held\u00a0Calcutta High Court in one of its recent judgement. 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