Home Case Index All Cases Customs Customs + HC Customs - 2010 (9) TMI HC This
Forgot password New User/ Regiser ⇒ Register to get Live Demo
2010 (9) TMI 331 - BOMBAY HIGH COURTConfiscation – Sale proceeds of smuggled goods - authorities have not accepted the retraction of the statement by the Respondent - Respondent in his statement categorically mentioned that the goods of foreign origin were belonging to him and were brought to the room by cargo and that the goods were sent to him by person who is residing in Dubai - It was pertinent to note that room in the hotel, was, booked in the name of the Respondent - By the said statement the Respondent has, therefore, accepted in clear terms that he was dealing in goods of foreign origin and that the goods recovered from the said room were belonging to him and that the Indian currency was the sale proceeds out of the sale of foreign goods - in the absence of any corroboration, to the case of the Respondent that the said amount was advanced by the party with whom he had entered into an Agreement for running the hotel business – Confiscation upheld
|