1979 (1) TMI 116

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..... , 1978. It appears that on 29-6-1974 the Customs Officers of the Divisional Preventive Unit, West Bengal raided the house of the petitioner at 19, Amratolla Lane, Calcutta for recovery of some foreign medicines. The petitioner was not then present. On the following day, the room in question was again searched and some medicines of foreign origin worth Rs. 22,995/- were recovered for the possession .....

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..... against the petitioner. Certain facts are not in dispute. They are as follows :- 4. The petitioner is a businessman and carries on business under the name and style of Medcom Enterprise at premises No. 35/111, Canning Street, Calcutta. That on search of a room in premises No. 19, Amratolla Lane, certain quantities of medicines bearing lables of foreign countries were recovered. Question is whet .....

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..... hing mores in support of such reasonable belief when the court is required to ascertain the position whether there are prima facie materials warranting framing of a charge under Section 135(i)(b)(ii) of the Customs Act. In the present case no such materials is forth coming. Some witnesses examined on the side of the prosecution have merely stated that they had reasonable belief that goods seized w .....

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