We have audited the standalone financial statements of BENARA BEARINGS & PISTONS LIMITED ("the Company"), whichcomprise the balance sheet as at 31st March 2025, and the statement of Profit and Loss and statement of cash flows for theyear then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
We do not express an opinion on the accompanying financial statements of the entity. Because of significance of the mattersdescribed in the Basis for Disclaimer of Opinion section of our report, we have not been able to obtain sufficient appropriateaudit evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion on these financial statements.
1. We were unable to obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence regarding the physical inventory as at 31st March2025 amounting to Rs. 1849.75 lakhs. During the year, slow-moving inventory amounting to Rs. 864.29 lakhs, whichhad not been in trade for more than one year, has been written off. The management has undertaken a detailedreconciliation exercise for the remaining inventory that is also slow-moving or non- tradable. This includes plans toreprocess or melt such inventory wherever feasible. The assessment of the financial impact, if any, arising from thisexercise is currently underway and will be accounted for appropriately upon completion. Consequently, we areunable to determine whether any adjustments might be necessary in respect of these balances and the loss for theyear.
2. We were unable to obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence regarding the recoverability of Non-CurrentAssets amounting to Rs. 979.02 lakhs as at 31s March 2025. Consequently, we are unable to determine whether anyadjustments are required in respect of these balances and the reported loss for the year.
3. We were unable to obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence regarding the recoverability of Long-Term Loansand Advances as at 31s March 2025 amounting to Rs. 1,171.25 lakhs. Consequently, we are unable to comment onthe possible impact of these matters on the financial statements.
4. The Company is in the process of negotiating a one-time settlement (OTS) with various lenders in respect of itsShort-Term Borrowings amounting to Rs. 5,167.61 lakhs as at 31s March 2025. Due to continued defaults inrepayment of principal and interest, the loan accounts have been classified as Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) by therespective banks and financial institutions. Owing to financial constraints, the Company has not made payments ofinterest and instalments on these borrowings and has submitted a proposal for OTS to the lenders. In light of theongoing settlement discussions and uncertainty regarding the outcome, the Company has not provided for intereston these loans during the year. The management has stated that any provision for interest or reversal thereof, basedon waivers granted under the OTS, will be accounted for once the settlement is finalized.
However, no sufficient and appropriate audit evidence has been made available to support the assumptions used orthe status of the settlement process. Accordingly, we are unable to determine whether any adjustments may benecessary in respect of the borrowings and their consequential impact on the loss for the year.
5. The Company has not provided depreciation on Intangible Assets amounting to Rs. 481.18 lakhs as at 31st March2025. In the absence of sufficient audit evidence and a proper depreciation policy, we are unable to determine theeffect of such non-compliance on the financial statements.
6. The balances of Trade Payables, Trade Receivables, and Other Financial Liabilities are subject to confirmation andreconciliation. In the absence of sufficient and appropriate audit evidence, we are unable to ascertain the correctnessof these balances and their impact, if any, on the loss for the year.
7. The Company has incurred cash losses amounting to Rs. 1665.68 lakhs during the year ended 31st March 2025, andits net worth has become negative. These conditions indicate a material uncertainty that casts significant doubt onthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern. However, the financial statements have been prepared on agoing concern basis. We were unable to obtain sufficient audit evidence to support the management's assessment ofthe going concern assumption.
8. The Company has recognized income tax demands of Rs. 5,150.47 lakhs and GST demands of Rs. 911.07 lakhs. Wewere unable to obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence regarding the status and potential impact of thesedemands on the financial statements.
The possible effects of these matters are both material and pervasive to the financial statements; consequently, wehave been unable to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of these matters.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report, Shareholder's Information, but does not include thefinancial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified abovewhen it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with theFinancial Statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information; we arerequired to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("theAct") with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted inIndia, including the Accounting Standards (AS) specified under section 133 of the Act.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act forsafeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuringthe accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraudis higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3X0 of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statementsor, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidenceobtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company tocease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes itprobable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. Weconsider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating theresults of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
Management is responsible for the other information, which comprises the information included in the Company's annualreport, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. Our disclaimer of opinion does notcover the other information, and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Because of the significance ofmatters described above, we have not been able to determine whether the other information is materially misstated.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ('the Order'), issued by the Central Government of India interms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the 'Annexure A' a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that :
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevantbooks of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025 taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointed as adirector in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company withreference to these standalone Ind AS financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate Report in "Annexure B" to this report and;
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. As represented by the Management, except as disclosed under Note 27 to the financial statements, theCompany does not have any pending litigations as at 31s March 2025 which would have an impact on itsfinancial position in its Financial Statements;
ii. The Company does not have any long-term contracts including derivatives contracts for which there wereany material foreseeable losses;
iii. There were no amounts, which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. a) The management has represented that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief, no funds have
been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) by the company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company ("UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds havebeen received by the company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that thecompany shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material mis-statement.
v. No dividend has been declared or paid during the year by the company.
Chartered AccountantsFRN: 013538C
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CA Sarwan Kumar Prajapati
PartnerM. No.199969UDIN: 25199969BMINZA3205
Place: AgraDate: July 28, 2025