2002 (4) TMI 942

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..... Further by order dated 3.9.2001 the learned Magistrate has been pleased to sentence the appellant to six months R.I. with a fine of ₹ 5,000 and in default of payment of fine to further undergo S.I. under Section 132 of the Customs Act. He was also sentenced to undergo one year R.I. with a fine of ₹ 5,000 and in default of payment of fine to further undergo S.I. for one month under Sect .....

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..... heard learned Counsel for the parties. It appears to me that twelve years of agony of trial is a punishment sufficient enough to teach the petitioner a lesson. Coupled with that he has also deposited ₹ 10,000 as fine. The gold which he brought into the country, without declaring the same has also been confiscated and the petitioner has faced the ordeal of two months incarceration in prison .....

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