Investigating Officer Failed to Follow Safeguards u/s 36B in Case of Alleged Clandestine Removal.

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....Clandestine Removal - non-production of corroborative evidences - The provisions of Section 65B of Indian Evidence Act and Section 36B of Central Excise Act, 1944 of the Act are pari-materia. It is evident from the panchanama, and the appeals records that the investigating officer had failed to follow the safeguard as mandated under Section 36B of the Act. - AT....