TMI Blog2021 (6) TMI 828X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ounsel appearing for the State wherein regular bail has been denied to the petitioner therein was primarily on the ground that the investigation was still incomplete. In the instant case, the investigation is already complete and even the challan has also been presented. Therefore, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner behind the bars. The instant petition is allowed and t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Superintendent, Central Jail, Ludhiana, submitted by the learned State counsel through email, is taken on record. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the criminal trial for the offence under Section 132(1)(c) of the Central GST Act, 2017 and Punjab GST Act, 2017 as also the arrest under Section 69 of CGST, 2017 read with PGST Act, 2017, are without jurisdiction. The GST Officials had ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... o. 8004 of 2020 titled as Tarun Bassi Vs. State of Punjab and others, wherein notice has been issued to the State of Punjab and in the connected matter, notice has been issued to the Union of India, while further contending that the arrest under Section 69 of the Punjab Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 is without jurisdiction. It is further argued that in fact, after completion of the investigation ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... amirmal Mehta. Moreover, co-accused Arun Gupta, father of the petitioner, and Anurag Aggarwal, have already been granted regular bail by a Coordinate Bench, vide orders dated 15.03.2021 passed in CRM-M-3963-2021 and CRM-M-3957-2021. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent-State opposes grant of regular bail by relying upon an order passed by the Coordinate Bench in CRM-M No.1511 of 2021 da ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... iew of the above, the instant petition is allowed and the petitioner is directed to be released on regular bail on execution of adequate personal/surety bond amounting to ₹ 10 lakhs to the satisfaction of concerned trial Court/Duty Magistrate. The petitioner is directed to surrender his passport before the concerned Court and will not leave India without prior permission of the Court. How ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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