2021 (12) TMI 950

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....e petitioner along with co-accused was found to have indulged themselves in evasion of the State Tax to the Govt., by flouting bogus firms and showing fake billings and transactions in order to draw the refund of the GST payment, and thereby had caused a loss to the tune of Rs. 8.95 crore to the State Government. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the petitioner had falsely been implicated in the present case inasmuch as the e-mail Id and phone number as updated with the respondent-department, do not belong to him. In fact, the petitioner opened a firm in the name and style of M/s Suvidha Enterprises and also obtained GST number from the respondent, but the said firm had been used by Prince Dhiman, who happens to be the ....

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....Coordinate Bench in CRM-M-42451-2019, dated 18.06.2020 passed in CWP-8268-2020, titled as 'Rajiv Gupta Vs. Union of India and others', by a Division Bench of this Court and dated 15.03.2021 passed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in CRM-M-3957-2021. On the other hand, learned State counsel submitted that the petitioner and the co-accused had caused a huge loss to the Government by evading tax and issuing bogus bills through the bogus firms, to the tune of Rs. 8.95 crore. The accused had committed the crime with the help of three firms, which were directly under their control. Learned State counsel further contended that there was a nexus of more than 30 more firms registered in Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and other neighbouring Sta....