Confiscation of Goods Upheld: Claimant Fails to Prove Ownership Under Misused Importer Exporter Code (IEC.

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....Confiscation of goods imported - misuse of its IEC - The assessee has not proved beyond reasonable doubt that the goods in question imported under the air way bills/bills-of-entry in dispute were in fact filed by him and hence the only natural corollary available to the Revenue is the confiscation of the same - the Revenue need not prove the owner of the goods; when a claimant does not prove that the goods in question belongs to him, it is not for the Revenue to thereafter establish a certain actual owner of the goods - AT....