https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=446168 A person summoned under Section 70 of the CGST Act, 2017, for evidence or document production cannot seek anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC unless the arrest power under Section 69 has been invoked. The court treated pre-arrest protection in such summons-stage proceedings as a matter for writ relief under Article 226 of the Constitution, not anticipatory bail. On that basis, the anticipatory bail request was not entertainable at the summons stage, and the petitioner was left free to approach the High Court in writ jurisdiction. en-us Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:59:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=446168 A person summoned under Section 70 of the CGST Act, 2017, for evidence or document production cannot seek anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC unless the arrest power under Section 69 has been invoked. The court treated pre-arrest protection in such summons-stage proceedings as a matter for writ relief under Article 226 of the Constitution, not anticipatory bail. On that basis, the anticipatory bail request was not entertainable at the summons stage, and the petitioner was left free to approach the High Court in writ jurisdiction. Case-Laws GST Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=446168