The CBI Court, Visakhapatnam, on 16.09.2025, convicted and sentenced Kalaka Ramdas, the then Inspector, Central Excise & Customs, Srikakulam Range, Srikakulam, (as on filing Charge Sheet Superintendent, Customs & Central Excise, O/o. Asst. Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Visakhapatnam), Polaki Janakiram, Vandragi Village, Ponduru Post, Srikakulam District and a Private Company M/s. Sri Balaji General Trading Company rep. by  P. Janakiram,  to undergo  5 Years Imprisonment with a fine of Rs.1,01,000/- Rs.2,51,000/- & Rs.2,01,000/- respectively [Total Fine of Rs.5,53,000/-] in a Rs 32.28 Crore Fraud Case.

CBI registered the instant case on 30.08.2005. It was alleged that a Pvt. Person entered into a criminal conspiracy with the accused P.Janakiram  to cheat Excise and Customs duties and Jankiram impersonated as Palla Kesava Rao and they established the accused firm in the name of M/s. SBGTC (M/s. Sri Balaji General Trading Company). Further, the accused P.Janakiram by impersonating as P.Kesava Rao and by forging the signatures in the name of the non-existent Kesava Rao applied to VSEZ, Visakhapatnam for Trading License and Import and Export Code, and also applied to the Central Excise for declaring the premises as Warehousing Station under the Customs Act.

The accused P. Janakiram by impersonating as P. Kesava Rao procured duty free materials from the three firms at Maligaon and also by import and fraudulently cleared them as deemed export to the three firms at Mumbai against Advance Release Orders (AROs) in violation of EXIM Policy Guidelines in conspiracy with the accused Public Servant namely K. Ramdas, the then Inspector, Central Excise & Customs, Srikakulam Range, Srikakulam, A.P. & others and thereby cheated Excise and Customs Duty of Rs.32.28 Crore on the procured materials.

After completion of the investigation, CBI filed a Charge Sheet on 29.08.2008.

The Hon’ble Court, after the trial, convicted and sentenced the above-mentioned accused accordingly. 

After the pronouncement of judgement, convicts Kalaka Ramdas and Polaki Janakiram have been sent to Central Prison, Visakhapatnam.

Customs and Excise Fraud: conviction for conspiracy, impersonation and duty evasion leading to imprisonment and fines. Fraudulent procurement and clearance of duty free materials through impersonation, forgery and misuse of regulatory permissions by a private person and an assisting public servant constituted a scheme to evade customs and excise duties, prosecuted as criminal conspiracy, impersonation, document forgery and duty evasion involving false licences, Advance Release Orders and misuse of warehousing declarations in breach of EXIM policy.