Supreme Court of India

Air Customs Officer Igi New Delhi v. Pramod Kumar Dhamija

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Reported as [2016] 2 S.C.R. 561
Bench V. Gopala Gowda and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 15 February 2016

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court was not right and justified in accepting the prayer for quashing of the proceedings.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Customs Act, 1962: Smuggling - 184 gold biscuits of JO to/as each concealed in the meal trolleys by two passengers of the aircraft of Liifthansa Airlines - In their statements, they admitted the recovery of gold biscuits and disclosed that respondent had invested the money in the gold recovered as well as the gold smuggled on earlier occasions - Criminal case filed against the respondent - Adjudicating proceedings also initiatecf against him under the Customs Act - By order dated 30.9.1999, penalty imposed on respondent by Additional Commissioner of Customs - The order set aside by

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