2000 (12) TMI 656

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....hat the Appeal No. C-610/98-NB(S) which was dismissed vide Final Order No. A-1120/99-NB(SM) dated 11-10-99 be restored. The appeal was dismissed for non-prosecution. The present application submits that appellant's Counsel was ill and confined to bed at the time when the case was posted for hearing and that they had sent an application dated 7-10-99 for adjournment of the hearing. 2. The app....

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..... Transport Corporation bus on 19-6-96. After investigation show cause notice was issued to the crew and maintenance staff of the State Transport Corporation bus holding that they were involved in the smuggling. The appellant's contention is that he was only conductor of the bus and his job was that of issuing tickets to passengers and collecting fare. It has been submitted that there is no eviden....

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....ing that contraband goods were fitted in the bus. We also note that no evidence has been brought on record to prove the knowledge of the driver about the contraband nature of the goods in the bus or being transported in the bus. In the absence of this knowledge, we hold that imposition of penalty was warranted and, therefore, the same is not sustainable. In these circumstances, we set aside that p....