YOGESH ANAND vs COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 21st May, 2025 W.P.(C) 4503/2025 YOGESH ANAND .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Richa Kumari, Advocate. versus COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Atul Tripathi, SSC with Mr. Shubham Mishra and Mr. Gaurav Mani Tripathi, Advocates for R/ CBIC. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present writ petition has been filed under Articles 226 of the Constitution of India seeking release of the goods of the Petitioner detained by the Customs Department vide Detention Receipt dated 10th October, 2024. 3. The case of the Petitioner is that he is an Indian passport holder and a resident of the United Arab Emirates and was travelling from Dubai to India on 28th September, 2024. Upon landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, he was intercepted by the Customs Department. The following articles (hereinafter, ‘detained goods’) of the Petitioner are stated to have been seized by the Customs Department. • 01 Yellow Metal kada appearing gold 4. It is submitted that the detained goods i.e. the gold kada