Prem Shanker Sahay, J.

1. The petitioners have moved this Court for quashing of the proceedings relating to the search and seizure of their gold ornaments from locker No. 64 of Allahabad Bank, Rajendra Nagar Branch, and for a direction to the respondents to release the aforesaid gold ornaments.

2. Here it will be necessary to state the facts mentioned in the application. Petitioner No. 1, Bawa Gopal Das Bedi and Sons, is a registered partnership firm dealing in the business of gold and petitioners 2 to 4 are its partners The firm is a licensee under the provisions of the Gold (Control) Act, 1968 (hereinafter to be referred as the Act) bearing dealer licence No. 11/63. The firm is also permitted for inter State movement of gold ornaments and sales. A copy of the certificate granted by Assistant Collector, Central Excise, Amritsar, dated 8-3-1973 has been filed and marked as Annexure-1. Under the Gold (Control) Rules (hereinafter to be referred as the Rules) every licensed dealer has to maintain accounts under Rule 11 and the details have to be filled up in form G.S 12. The case of the petitioners, farther, is that some of the petitioners left Amritsar on 3-1-1981 with gold o