Rajendra Shree Shrimaal @ Jain vs. Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence, (Dri)
Facts
The petitioner, Rajendra Shree Shrimaal @ Jain, filed a writ petition before the High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur. The petition was directed against the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and its Deputy Director. The proceedings initiated by the DRI were in connection with Crime No. 45/2021, registered under Sections 132 and 135 of the Customs Act, 1962. The petitioner sought to withdraw the writ petition to file a better petition with additional material.
Held
The Court granted the petitioner liberty to withdraw the writ petition with the liberty to file a better petition with additional material, specifically mentioning the proceedings initiated by the DRI in connection with Crime No. 45/2021 under Sections 132 and 135 of the Customs Act, 1962. The Court's decision was to dismiss the writ petition as withdrawn, based on the petitioner's request. No specific findings on the merits of the underlying DRI proceedings were made, as the petition was withdrawn.
Key Issues
1. Whether the petitioner should be granted liberty to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to file a better petition with additional material? The petitioner argued for withdrawal to incorporate further evidence and proceedings related to the DRI's action. The respondents did not record any specific arguments against the withdrawal.
Sections Cited
Section 132, Section 135
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NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPCR No. 885 of 2022 Rajendra Shree Shrimaal @ Jain, S/o Shri. Mohan Lal Ji Shree Shrimaal, Aged About 65 Years, R/o Shraman, Sadan, Fifth Floor, Flat No. 403, Bandha Talab, Durg, District- Durg, Chhattisgarh. ---- Petitioner Versus
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, (DRI), Through- Its Deputy Director, Government of India, Raipur, Regional Unit 30, Panchsheel Nagar Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Shri Nitin Kumar Agarwal, Deputy Director, DRI, Having Office Address At Raipur Regional Unit, 30, Panchsheel Nagar, Civil Lines, Raipur Now Posted As Joint Commissioner CGST, Central Excise Hqrs, Telengkhedi Road, Civil Lines, Nagpur (Maharashtra)- 440001. ---- Respondents For Petitioner : Shri Vijay M. Advani and Shri Manish Upadhyay, Advocates For Respondents : Shri Maneesh Sharma, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 09/12/2022 Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.
Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks to withdraw this writ petition with liberty to file better petition with additional material, with th
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