https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=789784 The Orissa HC held that, where a complaint alleged violation of Section 132 of the CGST Act carrying a maximum sentence of five years, pre-arrest bail was not warranted straightaway even though the petitioner was not named in the complaint. The Court instead required the petitioner to surrender before the jurisdictional court within the stipulated time and directed that bail be considered upon surrender on furnishing security and on such other conditions as the trial court found appropriate. The operative effect was denial of immediate anticipatory relief, with conditional post-surrender bail made available. en-us Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:03:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=789784 The Orissa HC held that, where a complaint alleged violation of Section 132 of the CGST Act carrying a maximum sentence of five years, pre-arrest bail was not warranted straightaway even though the petitioner was not named in the complaint. The Court instead required the petitioner to surrender before the jurisdictional court within the stipulated time and directed that bail be considered upon surrender on furnishing security and on such other conditions as the trial court found appropriate. The operative effect was denial of immediate anticipatory relief, with conditional post-surrender bail made available. Case-Laws GST Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=789784