2002 (3) TMI 802

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..... nt, for the Appellant. Shri Viraj Gupta, DR, for the Respondent. [Order per : Gowri Shankar, Member (T)]. The application for waiver deposit of the redemption fine imposed is unnecessary, since the goods are under the control of the department. However, we have decided to dispose of the appeal itself. 2. The appeal is against the order of the Commissioner ordering confiscation unde .....

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..... redemption fine. 4. We do not find any basis in law for setting aside the confiscation ordered by the Commissioner. The goods became liable to confiscation on account of the contravention of the condition subject to which they were imported. We, however, note that the Commissioner, in his order, himself has inclined to treat the appellant as an innocent person. Having regard to this, we reduce t .....

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