2025 (8) TMI 1462

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....ripathi, Senior Standing Counsel with Ms. Khushboo Gupta, Advocate ORDER PER 1. By way of the present application, the applicant seeks grant of anticipatory bail in relation to a summon issued under Section 70 of the Central Goods & Service Tax Act, 2017 [hereafter 'CGST Act'] issued by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), Zonal Unit, Meerut. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of....

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....e Supreme Court was pleased to grant interim protection against arrest, subject to the condition that the parties (including the present applicant) shall join and cooperate with the investigation. It is argued that the applicant had duly appeared before the investigating authorities and made a comprehensive statement in February 2024, along with submission of all requisite documents as sought by t....

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.... in the course of a routine manner of the ongoing investigation against Eco Fly E Waste Recycling Private Limited. It is contended that for affecting arrest of a person for offences punishable under the CGST Act, written approval in the form of reason to believe by the competent authority i.e. Commissioner/ Additional Director General, DGGI is required; however, so far, there is no such proposal. ....

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....is trite that a mere suspicion or fear of arrest is not sufficient [Ref: Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia & Ors. v. State of Punjab: 1980 SCR (3) 383]. 7. During the course of arguments, and also in the reply filed before this Court, the learned Standing counsel appearing for the respondent drew this Court's attention to the fact that for affecting arrest of an individual for commission of any offence pun....