2015 (12) TMI 1656

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....dent ORDER Per S K Mohanty This appeal is directed against the impugned order dated 15.07.2015 passed by the Commissioner of Customs (Appeals), New Delhi, upholding penalty of Rs. 5 lakhs imposed under Section 112(a)(i) read with Section 114 AA of the Customs Act, 1962 upon the appellant. 2. Brief facts of the case are that acting upon a specific intelligence, an allot was issued again....

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....rance of the declared goods and that the appellant was not at all involved with the importer as he has never met the importer and has not connived or colluded for importation of the restricted goods. The ld. Advocate has relied on the decisions of the Tribunal in case of Syndicate Shipping Pvt. Ltd. Vs. CC, Chennai 2004 (171) ELT 72 ( Tri. Chennai), Arif I. Patel Vs. Commissioner of Custom (PREV),....

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....with the clearance of goods and also not connived with CHA or importer in clearance of prohibited goods, penalty cannot be imposed on such person as a mediator/ facilitator. I find that the case of the appellant is squarely covered by the decisions cited by the appellant wherein, it has been held that introduction of middle men and arranging meetings between importer and the middle man is the norm....