2000 (11) TMI 579

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....he Appellants. Shri A.K. Chattopadhyay, JDR, for the Respondent. [Order]. - Both the appeals are being disposed of by a common Order as they arise out of the same Order of the Commissioner of Customs (Prev.), Calcutta. 2. The first appellant, Md. Ohidul Islam has been imposed with a personal penalty of Rs. 50,000.00. Md. Islam was the owner of the truck from where contraband Silk ....

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.... be considered to be a legal evidence, so as to penalise the noticees. However, in the case of Md. Ohidul Islam, he has relied upon the same statement of the driver without any independent evidence on record. It is not understood as to how the same uncorroborative statement of the driver would become an evidence in case of the appellant, Md. Islam, while the same was not considered to be a legal e....