2025 (9) TMI 772

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....ch, 2025 passed by the Office of the Commissioner of Customs (Delhi Airport). 3. The Petitioner was travelling with his coach, Mr. Satwinder Singh along with 12 other team mates to Bangkok to participate in the 'Buriram Taekwondo International Championship 2022' in the 54 kg weight category. 4. According to the Petitioner, on their return trip, their coach gave the various team members a gold chain and a silver coated ring to wear, which then got detained on 1st September, 2022 when the team landed in India. 5. The details of the articles which were seized from all the 14 passengers are 14 chains weighing almost 600 grams and 4 silver coated rings weighing 67 grams. Thus, the total weight of seized gold was to the tune of 667 gr....

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....oticee- 6, Noticee-7 under Section 112(a), Section 112(b) and Section 114AA of the Customs Act, 1962 for their acts of omission and commission as discussed above." 7. The submission on behalf of the Petitioner is that the Petitioner is concerned about the fact that because Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees Two Lakh Only) has been imposed as penalty upon him, the impugned order could be stigmatising the Petitioner forever. 8. Having heard the Petitioner, the Court had observed that the conduct of a national level taekwondo team, as also a coach being involved in such smuggling of gold is completely unacceptable, if the allegations are true. The relevant portion of the statements which have been recorded reveal that the coach, Mr. Satwinder Singh h....