https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=379632 Anticipatory bail was granted in a GST evasion case involving allegations of fake invoices, with the Court holding that the petitioner's actual involvement would be assessed after investigation and filing of the charge sheet. Applying Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Court accepted that interim protection could be given where strict safeguards were sufficient to secure cooperation with the investigation and prevent tampering with evidence. Relying on an earlier order on similar facts, it treated the alleged offence as not by itself barring pre-arrest bail and imposed stringent conditions to balance liberty and investigative needs. en-us Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 10:48:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=379632 Anticipatory bail was granted in a GST evasion case involving allegations of fake invoices, with the Court holding that the petitioner's actual involvement would be assessed after investigation and filing of the charge sheet. Applying Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Court accepted that interim protection could be given where strict safeguards were sufficient to secure cooperation with the investigation and prevent tampering with evidence. Relying on an earlier order on similar facts, it treated the alleged offence as not by itself barring pre-arrest bail and imposed stringent conditions to balance liberty and investigative needs. Case-Laws GST Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=379632