Admissibility of Evidence Challenged in Clandestine Removal Case Due to Non-Compliance with Section 36B of Central Excise Act.

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....Clandestine Removal - allegation of two sets of invoices - admissible evidences - it is found that the department has not complied with Section 36B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 while retrieving the data from the hard disc. The provision does not say that if the documents are sent to Central Forensic Laboratory, Hyderabad, it would become admissible. Further, such documents have been compared with the photocopies of the printouts sent by the Income Tax Department to the Central Excise investigating officers. Such documents cannot be relied for confirmation of duty, when obtained without following the mandate under Section 36B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 - AT....