https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=33077 Anticipatory bail was considered appropriate in a customs investigation where the alleged transactions were several years old, the petitioner had already joined inquiry, and custody was not shown to be necessary for effective investigation. The Court found no useful purpose in custodial interrogation because customs authorities could not place the petitioner in police-style custody and the relevant material had been under scrutiny for years. The jurisdictional challenge to the Delhi office of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence was also rejected on the basis of all-India jurisdiction. Bail was granted subject to cooperation, bond conditions, restraint on release of frozen drawback amounts, and surrender of passport. en-us Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=33077 Anticipatory bail was considered appropriate in a customs investigation where the alleged transactions were several years old, the petitioner had already joined inquiry, and custody was not shown to be necessary for effective investigation. The Court found no useful purpose in custodial interrogation because customs authorities could not place the petitioner in police-style custody and the relevant material had been under scrutiny for years. The jurisdictional challenge to the Delhi office of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence was also rejected on the basis of all-India jurisdiction. Bail was granted subject to cooperation, bond conditions, restraint on release of frozen drawback amounts, and surrender of passport. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=33077