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Issues: Whether the imported goods, found to be printing machinery in CKD condition, were covered by the import licence and entitled to the benefit of Notification No. 155/86-Cus., and whether confiscation with redemption fine was sustainable.
Analysis: The goods were found on examination to be machines in CKD condition rather than parts or accessories covered by the licence. The notification granting concessional duty applied to parts of printing machinery, not to complete machines imported in CKD form. The alternative plea for clearance under OGL also failed because the goods did not answer the permitted description. On these facts, the order of confiscation under Section 111(d) of the Customs Act, 1962 and the levy of redemption fine called for no interference.
Conclusion: The goods were not eligible for the claimed licence benefit or concessional notification, and the confiscation with redemption fine was upheld.
Final Conclusion: The appeal failed on merits and the impugned order sustaining confiscation and denial of concessional treatment remained undisturbed.
Ratio Decidendi: Goods imported in a form not covered by the import licence or the concessional notification are liable to confiscation under the customs law, and the redemption fine may be sustained where the import is contrary to the applicable policy and exemption conditions.
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