Pre-Arrest Bail denied in ₹85 Crore IGST Evasion case on Cement

Naresh Kumar Agarwala Vs Union of India (District Court Alipurduar) A District Court in Alipurduar has rejected the pre-arrest bail application of Naresh Kumar Agarwala, who faces charges under sections 135(1)(a)(ii) and 135(1)(b)(i) of the Customs Act, 1962. The case, C.R. Case No.1027-2024, centers on allegations of large-scale smuggling of cement from Bhutan to India, leading to an alleged evasion of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) amounting to approximately ₹17.73 crores. Agarwala’s counsel argued that the prosecution’s data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligen...