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2020 (4) TMI 1 - HC - CustomsSearch of bonded warehouse - Import of foreign brand liquor and beer without pass-permit for the stock - offence punishable under Sections 66(1)(b), 65(a)(e) and 81 of the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 - HELD THAT:- Indisputably, the bonded warehouse was under the control and supervision of the Customs Department and the Central Government only and the police has nothing to do with it. This is a classic case wherein the police played a role by making egoistic approach to usurp the powers of Customs Department. The police was not authorized to carry out any search & seizure procedure except requesting for the same to the Department or to the Central Government. The police at its own could not have made any venture of searching the bonded warehouse belonging to the Customs Department. There appears no iota of evidence or material to prosecute the present applicants in connection with the impugned F. I. R. - applications allowed.
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