Reassessment based on investigation information remained valid, while unverified cash sales deposits were sustained as unexplained cash credit.

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....Reassessment initiated on specific Investigation Wing information about substantial cash deposits was sustained where the Assessing Officer examined the information and formed a belief that income had escaped assessment. Recording cash receipts as sales did not by itself establish that corresponding bank deposits arose from business sales; reliable linkage among the sales, stock movement and deposits was required to rebut an unexplained cash-credit addition. A challenge to mere initiation of penalty proceedings was premature, while interest levied consequentially on the assessment followed the assessment outcome.....