Smuggling - contraband item - foreign marked gold biscuits - In ...

Case Laws Customs

January 17, 2020

Smuggling - contraband item - foreign marked gold biscuits - In the absence of proper identification of samples, co-relation with the Mint report and lack of any expert opinion about the strips or corners found in possession of accused and recovered from him, the seized gold cannot be held to be gold imported illegally and respondent cannot be convicted of the charges u/s 135 of the Customs Act.

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Smuggling - contraband item - foreign marked gold biscuits - In ...

Case Laws Customs

January 17, 2020

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