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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Date of Decision: 18^thDecember, 2025

Uploaded on: 20th December, 2025

+ W.P.(C) 18552/2025

NAND KISHOR SHARMA .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Pramod Kant Saxena, Adv.

versus

COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS .....Respondent

Through: Mr. Aakarsh Srivastava, SSC

CORAM:

JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH

JUSTICE SHAIL JAIN

Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)

1. The hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. The present petition has been filed by the Petitioner under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, seeking release of one gold chain weighing 49 grams which was detained by the Customs Department vide detention receipt bearing No. 54471 dated 18th June, 2024. 3. A brief background of the Petitioner’s case is that, the Petitioner is an Indian passport holder bearing No. Z6929990 and had travelled to India on 18th June, 2024. Upon arrival at the Terminal-3, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, the Petitioner was intercepted by the concerned officials of the Customs Department and the gold chain of the Petitioner was detained

by the Customs Department.

4. The Petitioner’s case is that no Show Cause Notice (hereinafter,

‘SCN’) has been issued to th