Deposit Made During Raid Ruled Involuntary; Court Orders Refund with Interest and Re-Crediting of Electronic Credit Ledger.

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....Refund of amount deposited during investigation proceedings - voluntary deposit or not - Recovery of wrongful input tax credit - The Court found that in the instant case, the deposit made by the Petitioner was at 3:10 and 3:18 AM during the search operation being carried out which continued till 5:00 AM The fact that Petitioner was made to deposit the amount at 3:10 and 3:18 AM before the search ended and the officers left at 5:00 AM, shows that the deposit was not voluntary and contrary to the CBIC Instruction No. 01/2022-2023 dated 25.05.2022. - The Court orders refund of the deposited amount with interest, and re-crediting of Electronic Credit Ledger.....