2001 (7) TMI 1047

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....ondent. [Order]. -  All the four appeals are being disposed of by a common order as they arise out of the same impugned order of the Commissioner of Customs, Patna. Vide the said order he has confiscated 454 bags of Indian paddy totally valued at Rs.1,73,995/- (rupees one lakh seventy-three thousand nine hundred and ninty-five) with option to the owner of the same to redeem the same on ....

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....rs of Customs found two loaded trucks lying abandoned at no-man's land near Sonbarsa border. Enquiries conducted by them as regards driver and khalasi of the truck did not yield any results. The trucks were brought to the Customs House and on checking were found to be loaded with bags of paddy. The same were seized by the customs officers on the reasonable belief that the paddy in question was mea....

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....5.  I find that the paddy in question has been confiscated and penalties imposed by the adjudicating authority on the ground that the trucks were intercepted along with loaded paddy when same were parked at no-man's land. On the other hand the appellants have claimed that the trucks were intercepted at Mohanpur Bamwaria Chowk. In support of their claim they have produced the affidavits of the....