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Issues: (i) Whether the penalty imposed under Section 112 of the Customs Act was sustainable after the confiscation of cannulae and related penalties had already been set aside; (ii) Whether penalty under Rule 209 of the Central Excise Rules was imposable on an employee of the company.
Issue (i): Whether the penalty imposed under Section 112 of the Customs Act was sustainable after the confiscation of cannulae and related penalties had already been set aside.
Analysis: The earlier order setting aside the confiscation of cannulae and the consequential redemption fine and penalties removed the foundation for the penalty under Section 112. Once the basis for the customs penalty no longer survived, the penalty could not be sustained independently.
Conclusion: The penalty under Section 112 of the Customs Act was set aside.
Issue (ii): Whether penalty under Rule 209 of the Central Excise Rules was imposable on an employee of the company.
Analysis: Rule 209 applies to a manufacturer, producer or registered dealer for contravention of the Rules. The appellant was only an employee working under the direction of the Managing Director and did not fall within the class of persons to whom the rule was directed. On that footing, the penalty under Rule 209 was not legally sustainable.
Conclusion: The penalty under Rule 209 of the Central Excise Rules was set aside.
Final Conclusion: Both penalties were quashed, and the appellant obtained complete relief in the appeal.
Ratio Decidendi: A penalty cannot survive once the foundational confiscation and consequential penalties are set aside, and a penal provision limited to manufacturers, producers or registered dealers cannot be extended to a mere employee acting under directions.
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