Court to Decide on Tax Evasion Allegations u/ss 153A and 276CC of Income Tax Act.

Assessment u/s 153A - pendency of re-assessment proceedings - Offence punishable u/s 276CC - As seen from the complaint allegation that despite, giving notice, statutory notice as detailed in the complaint, petitioner has not filed return, paid advance tax and tax demanded, suppressed the real and true income by not filing the return in time. These issues have to be necessarily tried before the Court. The assessment order relating to the assessment year 2009-2010 was not challenged before the ITAT - Section 278 (e) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, empowers the Court to presume culpable mental state of the accused, unless, the accused shows that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in the prosecution. - HC .....

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