1985 (11) TMI 70

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....Magistrate, New Delhi, under Sections 132 and 135(i)(a) of the Customs Act, 1962, and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/- and in default of payment of fine to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for a period of one month. The appellant/petitioner's appeal was dismissed by the Additional District and Sessions Judge, New Delhi, and his re....

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....isa would stand cancelled. We are informed that this period of six months will expire on November 14, 1985. It is true that the appellant has been convicted of smuggling but the order of the learned Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate shows he has no previous conviction, he is not a habitual smuggler. The learned Magistrate has not taken these facts into consideration in imposing on him a sen....