2020 (10) TMI 672

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.... 11621/2020 For the Respondent : Mr. Siddharth Ranka Advocate through Video Conferencing ORDER Vide this order, abovementioned two bail petitions would be disposed of. Petitioners have filed these petitions under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking regular bail in F.I.R. No. 15/2018 registered at Police Station DGGI, GST, Jaipur (Raj.) for offences under Sections 132(1) (b) (c) (d) (f) (i) and (l) read with Section 132 (1) (i) (iv) and read with sub-section (5) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. Learned counsel for the petitioners have submitted that the petitioners are in custody since 03.08.2018. Maximum punishment that can be awarded is sentence of five years. Hence, the petitioners were e....

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....dy completed investigation and the charge-sheet is already filed before the Special Judge, CBI, New Delhi. Therefore, their presence in the custody may not be necessary for further investigation. We are of the view that the appellants are entitled to the grant of bail pending trial on stringent conditions in order to ally the apprehension expressed by CBI. 47. In the view we have taken, it may not be necessary to refer and discuss other issues canvassed by the learned counsel for the parties and the case laws relied on in support of their respective contentions. We clarify that we have not expressed any opinion regarding the other legal issues canvassed by the learned counsel for the parties. 48. In the result, we order th....