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2015 (12) TMI 408 - AT - CustomsConfiscation of goods - smuggling of goods - whether mobile phones are rightly confiscated as smuggled goods and whether appellant is the rightful owner of the goods - Held that:- No investigations at all were conducted by the department to check the authenticity of the documents produced by the appellant. There was also no other claimant of present seized mobile phones of foreign origin and mobile phones are not notified under Sec 123 of the Customs Act 1962 where onus shifts to the owner / importer of the goods. Appellant has never claimed to be the original importer of the mobile phones. The requirement to meet with the prohibitions imposed by the DGFT notification No. 14/2009-14 dt 14/10/2009 can be only be questioned from the importer. No investigation was done from the seller of the mobile phones in Delhi to establish that mobile phones were of smuggled nature. Once appellant has produced the purchase bills with respect to the seized goods then it cannot be said that the seized goods were of smuggled nature when no investigation was done at sellers end. In the absence of any other claimant of goods the present appellant has to be considered as the rightful owner. Appellant cannot be questioned with respect to the restrictions imposed by DGFT when the same were also not the subject matter of the show cause notice. - Decided in favour of assessee.
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