2001 (8) TMI 1205

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..... y aggrieved with that portion of the impugned order passed by the Commissioner of Customs, Patna vide which his jeep has been confiscated with an option to him for redeeming the same on payment of redemption fine of Rs. 75,000/- (Rupees seventy five thousand only). The said order of the confiscation has been passed on the ground that said jeep was used for transportation of miscellaneous smuggled .....

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..... er was in the knowledge of the fact that the packets loaded in the jeep were of foreign origin. To the similar effect is the statement of the Khalasi. The Adjudicating Authority has concluded the involvement of the driver only on the ground that he was the person to whom the jeep was given for plying on daily hire basis from Raxaul to Motihari. However, the said fact by itself does not reflect upo .....

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