2026 (8) TMI 402

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....r(s) No. 1: Mr D K Trivedi (5283). For the Respondent(s) No. 1: Mr Raj Tanna, AGP. ORAL ORDER (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. SUPEHIA) 1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner through its Director and Authorised Signatory - Shri Pratik Singh Gautam, alleging that the respondent officers, by adopting coercive methods and issuing threats, forced the petitioner to ....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

.... to the proceedings recorded by the panchas and signed by them, as well as by the Assistant Commissioner of State Tax-(1) (Enforcement) Division - II, Junagadh. He has referred to Question No.47, wherein the petitioner was asked whether he would like to voluntarily pay the amount of tax, interest, and penalty. In response thereto, it is recorded that the petitioner agreed to pay an initial amount ....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....inted out that the petitioner has suppressed a vital fact in the writ petition regarding the filing of an anticipatory bail application by the petitioner on 02.02.2026 before the Sessions Court, Ahmedabad being CRMA S/830/2026, apprehending arrest. However, the said application was withdrawn on 10.02.2026 by filing a pursis of withdrawal. He has tendered a photocopy of the same. 7. We have peru....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

.... present writ petition. This establishes the voluntary payment of the amount. 10. When a specific query was raised to learned advocate Mr. D.K. Trivedi, as to why the fact regarding the filing of the anticipatory bail application and its subsequent withdrawal had been suppressed, he submitted that the petitioner i.e. the Director and Authorised Signatory - Shri Pratik Singh Gautam, had not info....