KARACHI: Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi awarded a 17-day imprisonment and a fine of Rs100000 each to suspects namely Mehboob Ali S/o Ali Akbar and Nabi Bakhsh S/o Ghose Bakhsh on pleading guilty. They were booked in a case of attempting to smuggle non-duty-paid 59,635 liter Iranian HSD oil.
During the hearing, abovementioned suspects appeared before the court along with the counsel and filed applications for pleading guilty and left themselves on the mercy of the court. After the arguments, the court awarded them a 17-day imprisonment as undergone period and a fine of Rs100000 each.
Earlier, investigation officer had produced suspects before the court and informed the court that on a credible information a team of Anti-Smuggling Organization intercepted a Hino track bearing registration No: TLY-348 near Moachko Chowk and recovered 59,635 liter of Iranian HSD oil.
He further informed the court that, during the raid, the customs officials asked suspects to produce the lawful documents of said oil but they failed to produce any of them therefore customs officials apprehended both accused and seized the said oil.
Case was registered for violation under Section 2 (s) 156 (2) 157 (2) and 178 of Customs Act-1969 punishable under clauses 8 & 89 of Section 156 (i) ibid read with Section 3 (1) of Import and Export Control Act-1950.
