Court Quashes Prosecution for 72-Day Tax Filing Delay u/s 276-CC Due to Erroneous Cognizance.

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....Prosecution u/s 276-CC (ii) - evasion of tax - 72 days delay in filing return - considering discrepancy and considering that not only the notice issued to the petitioner before granting prosecution sanction, even the complaint filed by the Department alleges delay in filing return, while eliciting prosecution under Section 276-CC (ii) of the Act of 1961, this Court is of the view that the cognizance, which has been taken for evasion of tax is ex-facie erroneous and deserves to be quashed and set aside. - HC....