2000 (10) TMI 353

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.... Shri S.K.Das, DR, for the Respondents. [Order per : Jyoti Balasundaram, Member (J)]. - Appellant No. 1 is aggrieved by confiscation of his truck used for transportation of smuggled goods which have been confiscated by the Commissioner, while appellants No. 2, who was the driver of the concerned truck and son of appellants No. 1, is aggrieved by the imposition of penalty of Rs. 2 lakhs upon ....

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....998 in search of goods for carriage; that he met Shri Girish who offered some goods to be transported to Delhi on freight charges of Rs. 20,000/- via Barauni, Ranchi, Bilaspur, Bhopal and Jaipur. That when Shri Navinder Singh asked Shri Girish as to why he was asking the goods to be transported on longer route to Delhi, Shri Girish told that the goods were covered by the sales-tax papers; that the....

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....k. 4. On the above basis, show cause notices were issued to both the appellants proposing confiscation of the truck used for transporting smuggled goods and proposing penal action against both of them. The Commissioner of Customs, New Delhi ordered absolute confiscation of the unclaimed seized goods, ordered confiscation of the seized truck under the provisions of Section 115(2) of the Cus....