The Second Additional District Court (CBI Cases), Madurai, on Friday sentenced the partner of a private company to three-year rigorous imprisonment in a fraudulent duty drawback case.

Second Additional District Judge (CBI Cases) S. Shunmugavel sentenced the then partner in Trend Settlers C.P. Ramakrishnan to three-year rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a total fine of ₹60,000. 

The case was registered by the CBI on June 29, 2007 on the allegations that the accused had entered into a criminal conspiracy at various places and cheated the Central government to the tune of ₹3.48 crore in the matter of availing duty drawback under the Duty Exemption Entitlement Certificate Scheme (DEEC).

In pursuance of the criminal conspiracy, an accused who was the then Superintendent of Central Excise, Tiruchi, A. Srinivasan, by misusing his official position, issued false examination reports beyond his jurisdiction. Further, on behalf of Sweety International, another accused Suresh Kumar Jain, and Ramakrishnan, partner in Trend Settlers, exported wrinkled and soiled cloth bits having no commercial value, in order to show that they fulfilled the export obligation against Advance License under which textile raw materials were imported to the tune of ₹3.54 crore and a duty exemption of ₹3.48 crore was availed.

The accused public servant A. Srinivasan died during the pendency of the trial. The case against the other accused was pending.