2021 (4) TMI 700

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....he accused petitioner and Mr. S.C. Keyal, learned Standing Counsel, Custom Department. By this application under Section 439 Cr.P.C., the accused-petitioner, namely, Vikram Motilal Kothari has sought for bail in connection with D.R.I. case No. 21/CL/IMP/GOLD/DRI/GZU/2020-21, under Section 7(1)/11 of the Customs Act, 1962 read with other allied Acts and provisions. The case diary is placed be....

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.... case the prescribed punishment, if the offence is at all proved will be imprisonment which may extend to either three/seven years only. Therefore, Mr. Mahajan submits the continuation of detention of the accused in connection with the alleged commission of the said offence which is a bailable one is highly illegal. In this context, Mr. Mahajan has referred to the decisions of this court in B.A. N....

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....mber of gold biscuits of foreign origin would arrive near the Jama Masjid, Six Mile in the early afternoon, then the D.R.I. officers along with two independent witnesses, intercepted the said person, namely, Sri Chetan Prakash Yamgar at around 1430 hours near the gate of the Six Mile, Jama Masjid towards the Panjabari side of the Six Mile flyover and recovered 12 Nos. of yellow metal biscuits and ....