India A court in 2019 has ordered the customs department to return a person stuck in the country following being mistakenly arrested in 2019. Chinese Pay the woman 1 million Indian rupees (£9,250).
Kang Ling, 38, a mother of two, was arrested at the Mumbai airport in 2019, worth £277,524. to sleep He was arrested for smuggling.
She was acquitted in October 2023 but stuck in India following the customs department refused to issue her a NOC once morest a lower court order.
On Friday, the Bombay High Court directed the customs department to issue an NOC so that Miss Kong might get permission to leave India within a week.
The court said Kang’s “unnecessary exploitation and harassment” might affect bilateral relations between the two countries.
According to the Indian Express report, the order states that the compensation amount will be collected from the salaries of the responsible customs officers.
“This is nothing but targeting the petitioner without any reason,” the court said.
It further said that the conduct of the customs officials was ‘wrongful, vindictive and reprehensible’ and amounted to ‘abuse of their powers’.
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The judgment states that ‘the State has the responsibility to protect the liberty of aliens who come to this country and to ensure that they are not deprived of their liberty in accordance with the procedures prescribed by law. Let’s go.’
Despite the guarantee given under Article 21 of the Constitution, the customs department acted in this case with the utmost shamelessness and negligence.
Kang Ling said that he had taken a flight from Beijing to Delhi on December 12, 2019, but due to bad weather in the capital, the plane had to land in Mumbai.
He was stopped by customs officials at the Mumbai airport and his luggage was searched and 10 bars of 24 carat gold were allegedly recovered. Shortly therefollowing, he was arrested for smuggling.
He was acquitted of the charges by a magistrate court on October 10, 2023. Later the Sessions Court upheld the acquittal.
However, the customs department rejected Kang Ling’s application for an exit permit, forcing her to spend nearly five years in India away from her daughters.
In 2017, a former Chinese army surveyor was allowed to return home following being stranded in India for more than 50 years.
Wang Chi claimed that he crossed the border into India by mistake in 1963 and might not leave because he was not given a valid exit visa.
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2024-07-13 13:07:36
