2002 (8) TMI 106

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....r on executing a bail bond for a sum of Rs. 6 lacs. 2. It is the submission of the learned Counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is arrested for the offence punishable under Sections 132 and 135 of the Customs Act, 1962. She was arrested on 20-8-2000 and since then she is in judicial custody. It is the contention of the learned Counsel for the petitioner that maximum punishment provide....

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....to keep such persons as under-trial prisoners for years together on the allegation that petitioner is involved in smuggling activities for which no other prosecution is pointed out to be pending. Further, to impose a condition that petitioner shall execute a bail bond for a sum of Rs. 6 lacs would be unjust in a circumstance of the present case. 5. Considering the aforesaid facts, it is ordered....