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2023 (11) TMI 714 - DELHI HIGH COURTSeeking provisional release of goods seized - search and seizure operations that were conducted in the premises of the petitioner - It is the respondents’ case that the petitioner had invested the sale proceeds of such clandestine trade in purchasing silver - HELD THAT:- The silver seized by the respondents was released to the petitioner at their office on 09.11.2023. The office of the respondent is located at the fourth and fifth floor of the building at Plot No. 6, Arrow Corporate Tower, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad. However, after releasing the said silver, the respondents had once again, seized the same from the petitioner at the ground floor of the said premises. Thus, in effect, the petitioner was permitted to carry the silver out of the office but a seizure was once again effected on the ground floor of the said premises. Clearly, the respondent had no ground to believe that silver was being secreted at the said premises. The fact that the petitioner was in possession of the silver, is not disputed, this is the subject matter of the proceedings in the present petition - the respondents have carried out the charade of releasing the silver from their office and then attempting to repossess the same at the ground floor. Thus, subject to the petitioner depositing the sum of ₹16,00,000/- with the Registry of this Court, within a period of one week from today, the respondents shall release and deliver the silver in question, at the residence of the petitioner on 20.11.2023 at 10:30 a.m. - List on the date already fixed, that is, 30.11.2023.
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