HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR
ANIL KUMAR UPMAN
Premchand Jain, S/o. Padamchand Jain – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India, Through PP – Respondent
ORDER :
ANIL KUMAR UPMAN, J.
1. This pre-arrest bail application under Section 482 of BNSS has been filed on behalf of the petitioners, who are having apprehension of their arrest in connection with Criminal Case No. DGGI/INV/GST/574/2025-Gr.I registered for offences punishable under Sections 132(1), 132(1)(i)(iv) & 132(5) of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.
2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the present case. It is contended that petitioner No.1 is a Director of two companies, namely M/s Prem Jain Ispat Udyog Pvt. Ltd. (M/s PJIUPL) and M/s Tanay Dhyata Steel Concast Ltd. (M/s TDSCL), while petitioner No.2, who is the son of petitioner No.1, is also one of the Directors of the said companies. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioners is that, in their capacity as Directors, they have evaded tax amounting to Rs.20,63,97,337/- (Rupees Twenty Crore Sixty-Three Lakh Ninety-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Seven only). Learned counsel submits that the petitioners have been arrayed as accused solely on the basis of the statement of one Manoj Vijay, whose firm, M/s Mahaveer Tradi
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