The Patna High Court today dismissed an appeal filed by former Aurangabad Motor Vehicle Inspector Raghubansh Kunwar challenging the district court's decision to confiscate his properties worth Rs three crore.
As per a release issued by the Vigilance department, the court today upheld the order passed by the Special Vigilance Court(II), Patna for confiscation of Kunwar's properties on October 3, 2013.
In its order, the high court directed the authorities concerned not to confiscate Kunwar's wife Lalita Devi's ornaments of gold and silver worth Rs 2,43,054.
But, it directed the authorities to confiscate the accused and his wife's movable assets worth Rs 35,89,064 and immovable assets, which included two houses built on two separate plots in Patna.
The two properties were estimated to be around Rs three crore, the release said.
Vigilance department's lawyer Ramakant Sharma told PTI that with the dismissal of Kunwar's appeal, decks have been cleared for confiscation of his properties.
A disproportionate assets case was lodged against Kunwar after he was caught red-handed by a Vigilance Bureau team while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a transporter in Aurangabad on September 24, 2008.
The order was issued against former transport department official and his wife under the Bihar Special Courts Act 2009.
