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Issues: Whether the appellant-financier's claim of ownership over the confiscated truck, and the question of release of the vehicle on payment of redemption fine, required reconsideration by the Commissioner under Section 115(2) of the Customs Act, 1962.
Analysis: The appellant asserted ownership on the basis of a hire-purchase arrangement and claimed that its name appeared in the registration document. The claim was presented to the Revenue only after the impugned confiscation order had already been passed, so the Commissioner had no occasion to examine the appellant's title or its request for release of the vehicle. In these circumstances, the matter called for fresh consideration of the ownership claim and the consequential question of release on payment of redemption fine.
Conclusion: The issue was decided in favour of the appellant to the extent that the matter was remanded to the Commissioner for reconsideration of the ownership claim and release of the truck under Section 115(2) of the Customs Act, 1962.
Final Conclusion: The confiscation dispute was not finally determined on merits at this stage, and the matter was sent back for fresh adjudication on the appellant's claim and the requested release of the vehicle.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a claimant's ownership assertion over a confiscated vehicle is raised after the confiscation order, the authority must independently consider that claim before deciding the question of release and redemption fine.
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