2025 (1) TMI 1226 - SCH - Customs

Seeking grant of bail - smuggling of cigarettes - challenge to summons issued under Section 108 of the Customs Act 1962 - it was held by High Court that After approaching this Court by filing a Writ Petition challenging the notice issued under Section 108 of the Customs Act which is not entertained by this Court it is not proper on the part of the petitioners to approach this Court with a bail application. HELD THAT - The Special Leave Petition is dismissed as infructuous reserving liberty to the petitioner herein to seek regular bail if so advised.

Summary

In the Supreme Court judgment, presided over by Hon'ble Mrs. Justice B. V. Nagarathna and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, the Court addressed a Special Leave Petition. The petitioner's counsel, Mr. Subhash Chandran K.r, submitted that the petition for anticipatory bail had become "infructuous" due to the petitioner's arrest. The Court dismissed the Special Leave Petition as "infructuous," while "reserving liberty to the petitioner" to seek regular bail. Any pending applications were also disposed of.