2000 (11) TMI 176

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....nt Shri Gauri Shankar Singh, Raja Ki Mandi, Agra. For the respondent/Revenue, Shri K. Panchasaran, JDR, is present. 2.  According to the facts on record, four silver slabs weighing 20140 gms. were recovered from the possession of the appellant by the State Police on 7-10-1991 when the appellant was in the city of Basti and was standing before his hotel. The police had seized the silver on ....

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....of Nepali origin or had been brought into India from Nepal in contravention of the provisions of law. The adjudicating authority had not discussed any evidence that the appellant had smuggled the silver from Nepal. The goods were initially recovered by the police and it was after more than two months that the goods were handed over to the Customs Department. The goods were recovered within the cou....