M/S Pan Parag India Ltd vs Cce, Kanpur on 23 May, 2012
ix. Pan Parag India Ltd. Vs. CCE, Kanpur [2013 (291) ELT 81 (Tri.)]
9.2 It was further urged on behalf respondents that the report of the Sales Tax Department seizing the truck carrying the goods cannot be used against them. Findings in adjudication order basing on report of sales tax authority does not bind the central excise authority to hold against respondents. The blank copy of invoices is not the evidences since Shri Nirmal Singh who authorised release of the goods was neither an employee of the respondent manufacturer nor he was connected to any dealer of the goods. The driver carrying the goods in the truck did not say that the goods came from the premises of the respondents. Parallel invoices were brought by unscrupulous persons to cause damage to the respondents. Examination of the documents by Govt. examiner did not establish the case of Revenue. Signature of Shri Madan Lal, Director on the seized documents was not his signature nor of Shri Praveen Kumar. Therefore, those are unreliable documents and cannot be used against respondents.