2020 (1) TMI 1206 - SC - Customs

Detention Order - petitioner appears to be part of a ring of smuggler - seizure of Gold - retraction of petitioner s statement - HELD THAT - This petition is being disposed of on the ground that there is no proximate link between the events of March 2013 and March 2015 and the detention order which is over four years later. On this ground alone this writ petition is allowed. The detenu be released immediately.

Summary

The Supreme Court allowed a writ petition challenging a detention order under the COFEPOSA Act, 1974, due to lack of proximate link between events leading to the order and its timing. The petitioner was alleged to be part of a smuggling ring involving seized gold worth around Rs. 204.60 Crores. The detenu was ordered to be released immediately.