2002 (4) TMI 942

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....132 and 135(1)(a) of the Customs Act, Further by order dated 3.9.2001 the learned Magistrate has been pleased to sentence the appellant to six months R.I. with a fine of ₹ 5,000 and in default of payment of fine to further undergo S.I. under Section 132 of the Customs Act. He was also sentenced to undergo one year R.I. with a fine of ₹ 5,000 and in default of payment of fine to further....

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....ning special reasons. 4. I have heard learned Counsel for the parties. It appears to me that twelve years of agony of trial is a punishment sufficient enough to teach the petitioner a lesson. Coupled with that he has also deposited ₹ 10,000 as fine. The gold which he brought into the country, without declaring the same has also been confiscated and the petitioner has faced the ordeal of two....