1999 (2) TMI 625

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....unsel for the appellants began his arguments challenging the conviction under Section 135(1)(b)(i) of the Customs Act, 1962 and Section 85(1)(ii) of the Gold (Control) Act, 1968, for having found to be in possession of 600 gold biscuits each weighing 10 tolas, but in view of the findings concurrently arrived at by all the forums, he ultimately submitted only on the question of sentence. 2. Acco....

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....ate. In Rohit Kumar Mehra case (supra) this Court relied upon the earlier decision of this Court in Inder v. State of Maharashtra. 4. The learned counsel appearing for the Union of India however submitted that taking into account the amount of gold that was found from the possession of the accused persons and the offence being an economic offence, the accused should be severely dealt with. 5....