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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) 19704/2025

VASEEM AHMAD .....Petitioner

Through: Dr. Ashutosh & Ms. Fatima, Advs.

versus

COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS .....Respondent

Through: Sh. Atul Tripathi, SSC with Shubham

Mishra, Mr. Gaurav, Ms. Mani

Tripathi, Mr. Akshay Sagar, Advs.

CORAM:

JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH

JUSTICE SHAIL JAIN

O R D E R

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1. This 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 two gold bars weighing 233 grams (hereinafter, ‘gold bars’) which was detained

by the Customs Department.

3. A brief background of the Petitioner’s case is that, the Petitioner was travelling to India on 3rd June, 2021. Upon his arrival at the Indira Gandhi, International Airport, Terminal-3, New Delhi, he was intercepted by the concerned officials of the Customs Department and the gold bars were

seized by the Customs Department vide dated 3rd June, 2021.

4. The case of the Petitioner is that the detention of gold bars should be

set aside as no Show Cause Notice was issued to the Petitioner.

5. Ld. Counsel for the Petitioner concedes that the Order