2019 (11) TMI 971

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..... P.P. Shinde and S/Shri V.V. Gangurde, APPs and Rajnath Pathak, Advocate, for the Respondent. ORDER P.C. : Heard Learned Counsel for the parties. 2. By these applications, the applicants seek their enlargement on bail in connection with F. No. DRI/MZU/C/INT-102/2019 in RA/122/2019 pending before the 8th Court, Esplanade, Mumbai for the alleged offence punishable under Section 135 of....

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....iness of courier services. The said gold bars and cut piece of foreign marked gold bars were seized by the DRI authorities under the Customs Act, as they were under the reasonable belief that the foreign marked gold bars were smuggled in the country. 4. Learned Counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants are the Directors of different courier agencies and their job was only cour....

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....ware of the contents in the parcel. Learned Counsel for the applicants vehemently denies having any knowledge, as there is no requirement to inspect the said parcels. Prima facie, it appears that the parcels were to be delivered to some local persons in Mumbai, through the applicants' courier agencies. Whether or not the applicants had knowledge of the contents, is a matter which will be decided b....

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....riday between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. for a period of three months or till the issuance of show cause notice, whichever is earlier; (iv)   The applicants shall not tamper with the evidence or attempt to influence or contact the complainant, witnesses or any person concerned with the case; (v)     The applicants shall co-operate with the conduct of t....