https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786443 Anticipatory bail may be declined in a serious GST-linked fraud case where the accused is alleged to have acted as the principal operator of a bogus firm and the record shows repeated non-cooperation, failure to appear on summons, and absconding. The court treated the petitioner's evasive conduct as decisive, and held that parity with a co-accused who had cooperated was unavailable because the factual position was materially different. The principle that post-charge-sheet custody may not be necessary for a cooperative accused was found inapplicable on these facts. Pre-arrest protection was therefore refused. en-us Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:04:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786443 Anticipatory bail may be declined in a serious GST-linked fraud case where the accused is alleged to have acted as the principal operator of a bogus firm and the record shows repeated non-cooperation, failure to appear on summons, and absconding. The court treated the petitioner's evasive conduct as decisive, and held that parity with a co-accused who had cooperated was unavailable because the factual position was materially different. The principle that post-charge-sheet custody may not be necessary for a cooperative accused was found inapplicable on these facts. Pre-arrest protection was therefore refused. Case-Laws GST Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786443