Rahul Chetan Mehta vs Intelligence Officer, Central Intelligence Unit — 153/2026

Case Summary The Additional Sessions Judge at Panvel granted anticipatory bail to Rahul Chetan Mehta in a customs fraud case involving alleged mis-declaration of walnuts' country of origin to wrongfully claim SAFTA duty exemptions resulting in ~₹11.17 crore revenue loss. The court found that as a shipping line manager, Mehta neither controlled customs declarations nor derived direct benefit from duty exemptions, and bills of lading are transport documents that don't determine origin eligibility under SAFTA, making custodial interrogation unnecessary given his fixed local residence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.