RAMESH KUMAR JANGIR vs COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

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$~18 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 4th December, 2025 Uploaded on 6th December, 2025 + W.P.(C) 4273/2025 & CM APPL. 55249/2025 RAMESH KUMAR JANGIR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Richa Kumari, Mr. Pawan, Mr. Ravi Rathore and Mr. Yatin Bhutani, Advs. (M: 8766321884) versus COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS .....Respondent Through: Ms. Anushree Narain, SSC with Mr. Naman Choula, Adv. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE SHAIL JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. CM APPL. 55249/2025 (for release) in W.P.(C) 4273/2025 2. The present petition was disposed of vide order dated 4 th April, 2025. The brief background is that the present petition was filed, inter alia, seeking release of the gold items being one gold chain weighing 51 grams and two gold pieces weighing 65 grams each (hereinafter “seized items”) seized by the Customs Department vide Detention Receipt No. 3853 dated 23rd February 2024. 3. The case of the Petitioner is that he is a citizen of India working as a private sector worker in Kuwait. He returned from Kuwait on 23 rd February, 2024. According to the Petitioner, he had gone to the red channel to declare the seized items. However, the said seized items were detained and the detention receipt was also issued. Thereafter, the same have also been Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:DHIRENDER KUMAR W.P.(C) 4273/2025 Page 1 of 4 Signing Date:06.12.2025 18:24:05 appraised by the Customs Department. 4. At that stage, the grievance of the Petitioner was that no orders were passed by the Customs Department despite the Petitioner being willing to pay customs duty on the seized items. Accordingly, on 4th April, 2025 the following order was passed: “5. The grievance of the Petitioner is that no o