CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER

4 03.02.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for D.R.I.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Economic (DRI) P.S. case No. 13(O)/25, arising out of D.R.I. Unit Case No. 9/2025-26 registered under Section 135 (1)(b) of Customs Act, 1962 (for brevity, ‘the Act’)

3. As per the prosecution case, acting upon specific intelligence officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Patna intercepted the accused on 26.06.2025 while he was travelling in Train No. 15658 (Brahmaputra Mail) at Patna Railway Junction. Upon personal search, 12 gold bullions of foreign origin were recovered from concealed compartments of a trolley bag and the jeans pant worn by the accused. The seized gold weighed 1990.800 grams and was valued at ₹1,98,18,414/- (Rupees one crore ninety-eight lakh eighteen thousand four hundred fourteen only). The accused failed to produce any valid document in support of lawful possession and, in his statement recorded under Section 108 of the Act, admitted that the gold had been smuggled from Myanmar and was being transported to Delhi for delivery.