Court Rules Smuggling Gold Can Be Terrorism If Threatening Economic Stability; Petitioner's Actions Under Scrutiny in FIR.

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....Smuggling - Gold - distinct offences or not - It is true that every act of smuggling may not be covered under the definition of Terrorist act and only such smuggling of any material can be termed as Terrorist act which is done with intent to threaten or likely to threaten the economic security and to cause damage to the monetary stability of the country. In this case, the petitioner has been found to be smuggler of huge quantity of gold as well as facilitator to other fellow smugglers. Therefore, it cannot be said that this FIR is a discriminatory act towards him. - HC....