1998 (12) TMI 325

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..... Applicant is absent despite notice. On perusing the application and the impugned order, it appears to us that the appeal itself could be disposed of and hence with the consent of the departmental representative, appeal has been taken up. 2. The Custom officers, on receipt of information, proceeded to Kantela village (in Saurashtra) early on 16th September, 1991. There they found a craft wreck .....

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..... out the jeep having been used. The officers reached the spot on the early morning of 16th September. The craft must therefore have landed the goods on the night of 15th/16th September, 1991 or earlier. It is therefore difficult to believe that the silver which the Commissioner says was carried by the jeep was landed from this craft. There is nothing at all to show that any other craft landed silve .....

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