KARACHI: Custom Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi has granted pre-arrest interim bail to a suspect, Afzal Bhatti, owner of M/s Ittefaq Agencies. He was booked in mega tax evasion case.
The court issued notice to the special prosecutor of the Customs Department and called police paper. The court also directed the accused to appear before the court on the next date of hearing.
During the hearing, counsel for the accused filed an application and pleaded the court for pre-arrest bail. After his arguments, the court granted bail to the suspect against the surety bonds of Rs 200,000 and directed him to appear before the court on March 13, 2017 for conformation of his bail.
According to the prosecution, during the investigation, it was revealed that accused persons namely Afzal Bhatti son of Abdul Rahman, owner of M/s Ittefaq Agencies, Abdul Qadir son of Haji Abdul Hakeem, owner of M/s Aimal Khan Traders and M/s Adnan identified as a clearing agent with the help of others evaded the duty and taxes to the tune of $742,500.
A case was registered against the accused persons under section 16, 32 (1) A, 32 A(1) a of the customs act, 1969 read with para 3 & 16 of export policy order, 2016, further read with section 3 (1) of Import Export (control) Act 1950 and also read with section 12 (1) Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1947.
