2022 (12) TMI 263

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....re at Rajasthan, Bench at Jaipur in S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No.12475 of 2022. Through the said order the High Court has dismissed the application filed by the petitioner hereunder under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure For short "Cr.P.C." seeking bail in the proceedings for the offence alleged against him under Section 132(1)(a),(h),(k) and (l) read with Section 132(5) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 For short "GST" . 2. Heard Shri Mukul Rohatgi, Shri C.S. Vaidyanathan, Shri Maninder Singh learned senior counsel for the petitioner and Shri Balbir Singh learned Additional Solicitor General for the respondent. In that light, we have perused the petition papers as also the counter affidavit filed ....

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....st the petitioner are concerned, learned senior counsel for the petitioner while rebutting the same would contend that at this juncture, such allegations made by the respondent against the petitioner are far-fetched. Even if one accepts as correct, the allegation on which the proceedings is predicated, wherein 90,520 kgs. of raw/unmanufactured tobacco in 7 trucks is taken note of, the GST, if reckoned, comes to only Rs.1,93,26,020/-. It is contended that the sum of Rs.11,04,34,400/- shown as cess by the respondent is even without the proof of manufacture of zarda and it has been done only to indicate the projected value of more than Rs.15 Crores. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner therefore disputed the allegations and contended that....