TMI Blog2004 (2) TMI 517X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ged the validity of the impugned order-in-original vide which penalty of Rs. 2 lakhs has been imposed on her under Section 114 of the Customs Act. 2. The learned Counsel has contended that there is no tangible evidence to connect the appellant with the recovery of the foreign currency concealed in the water bottle and lunch box as both these items belonged to one Iqbal Qureshi who even at the sp ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... re, that the appellant and Iqbal Qureshi both were intercepted at Lucknow International Airport on 6-10-1999, when they were about to board the Indian Airlines flight to Sharjha (UAR), and the DIR officers on taking search of the baggage recovered one plastic water bottle and lunch box which contained foreign currency. Iqbal Qureshi who was present at the spot in his statement recorded under Secti ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d to suggest if the appellant is in any manner related to Iqbal Qureshi. She in her statement at the spot disclosed that Iqbal Qureshi met her in the train while going from Delhi to Lucknow and at the Airport, he kept the water bottle and lunch box, with her baggage and that she did not know about the contents of the same. These facts had not been disputed even by Iqbal Qureshi and as such deserve ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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