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2009 (7) TMI 308 - HC - CustomsWhom can be given option to redeem the goods – Respondent claimed to be carrier of gold on behalf of another person - Section 125(1) states that if only the owner is not known, then a person from whose possession or custody such goods have been seized could have given an option to pay in lieu of confiscation such fine – In the instant case, according to the respondent himself the owner was Karimuddin as he had acted on behalf of Karimuddin. The question of the Tribunal exercising the jurisdiction u/s. 125 of the Customs Act and remit the matter to give an option to the respondent herein to redeem the goods was clearly without jurisdiction. - impugned order is set aside
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