SOURABH GIRI vs COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 18th August, 2025 W.P.(C) 11283/2025 SOURABH GIRI .....Petitioner Through: Dr. Ashutosh & Ms. Fatima, Adv. versus COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Akash Verma, SSC, CBIC with Ms. Aanchal Uppal, Adv. (Mobile No. 9697980007) CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE SHAIL JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the Petitioner inter alia seeking directions to release the gold bar weighing 116 grams detained vide Detention Receipt No. 16584 dated 06th December, 2020. 3. On the last date of hearing i.e., 31st July, 2025 the Court upon hearing the parties, had directed the Respondent - Customs Department to place on record the Petitioner’s statement under Section 108 of the Customs Act, 1962 in the following terms: “3. The case of the Petitioner is that till date no Show Cause Notice has been issued to the Petitioner and no personal hearing has been granted. 4. Mr Akash Verma, Id. SSC for the Respondent hands across a statement of the Petitioner wherein he has stated that the said