2013 (11) TMI 858

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.... has been filed by the petitioners to challenge the judgment of the trial Court as well as of the Appellate Court. The petitioners were convicted by the trial Court for an offence under Section 135 of the Customs Act, 1962 and were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years and to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/- each and in default of payment of fine, they were ordered to fu....

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....appeared on behalf of the respondent on various dates and the Court has no other option except to decide the case after hearing learned counsel for the petitioners. Although various arguments have been raised by learned counsel for the petitioners to challenge the conviction but ultimately, he has restricted his prayer for reduction of sentence to the period already undergone. Learned counsel for....