2013 (2) TMI 88

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....e :   None present for the appellants. Heard the ld. A.R. for the Department.   2. The appellants filed these appeals against the Order-in-Original No.1-Cus/CC/Adj/07 dated 15.2.2007, whereby the ld. Commissioner confiscated one truck each of the appellants and gave an option to redeem the same on payment of redemption fine of Rs.60,000/- on each truck and imposed penalty of Rs.10,....

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....untry. The present appellants i.e. truck owners, were given an option to redeem the same on payment of redemption fine of Rs.60,000/- on each truck and they were visited with penalty of Rs.10,000/- each under Section 114 of the Customs Act, 1962. Aggrieved by this, the appellants are in appeal.   4. The appellants in their grounds of appeal, submitted that they are not owners of the truck,....

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....ks and that they are not given provisional release of their trucks. 6. We have carefully considered the submissions of the ld.A.R. appearing for the Department and perused the records. Undisptuedly, the red sanders wood valued at Rs.87.00 lakhs (approx.) which was being smuggled out of India. The truck Nos.AP-16X-8235 and AP-16X-9455, were used for transportation of the red sanders wood, is als....