2002 (5) TMI 617

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..... s have made a prayer for disposing their Stay Petitions and Appeals on merits. Accordingly, I have gone through the impugned order passed by the Commissioner vide which he has absolutely confiscated Bangladesh currency Taka to Rs. 2,89,700/- (Rupees two lakhs eighty nine thousand seven hundred only) under the provisions of Section 111(b) of the Customs Act, 1962 and has imposed personal penalty of .....

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..... ed that they were poor for which they agreed to do the job at Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred only). Shri Mondal submits that the said statement recorded before the Customs officers is admissible evidence and there was no retraction till the time of filing of reply to the show cause notice when the appellants changed their stand. 3. I have gone through the impugned order and considered the sub .....

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..... d by the third persons to do the job at Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred only), I reduce the personal penalty from Rs. 2,500/- (Rupees two thousand five hundred only) to Rs. 500/- (Rupees five hundred only) on each of the appellant. But for the above modification in the quantum of penalty, the appeals are otherwise rejected. Stay Petitions also get disposed of.
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