1994 (2) TMI 185

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....er per : R. Jayaraman, Member (T)]. -  This is an appeal directed against the order-in-original No. S/14-4-1188/84 Pint, dated 15-2-1985, imposing personal penalty of Rs. 5,000/- on the appellant. 2. The appellant is the master of the vessel mv.`Arunachal Pradesh' belonging to the Shipping Corporation of India. On rummaging of the vessel on two different dates, the officers of Cust....

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....resent appeal is only against the order imposing the aforesaid penalty. 3. After hearing both the sides, we find that there is no evidence that the master had any knowledge about the concealment of the goods and that he was privy to such concealment. The evidence, which has been brought on record in the form of Log entry indicates that as per his directions, various places of the ship were....