https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=399097 The Tribunal upheld penalties imposed on the appellants under the Customs Act, reducing the amounts due to prolonged legal proceedings and their level of involvement. The penalty for Shri Mohammed Altaf was reduced to Rs. 25,00,000, and for Shri Ali Imran Saifulla Khan to Rs. 5,00,000. Retracted statements were deemed unreliable, with original confessions holding evidentiary weight. The Tribunal dismissed discrepancies in the investigation as irrelevant to proving the appellants' roles in smuggling activities, concluding by modifying the penalties in the appellants' favor. en-us Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 03 Oct 2020 12:52:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=399097 The Tribunal upheld penalties imposed on the appellants under the Customs Act, reducing the amounts due to prolonged legal proceedings and their level of involvement. The penalty for Shri Mohammed Altaf was reduced to Rs. 25,00,000, and for Shri Ali Imran Saifulla Khan to Rs. 5,00,000. Retracted statements were deemed unreliable, with original confessions holding evidentiary weight. The Tribunal dismissed discrepancies in the investigation as irrelevant to proving the appellants' roles in smuggling activities, concluding by modifying the penalties in the appellants' favor. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=399097