Passing of fraudulent ITC by creating bogus firms- HC grants bail to accused

Mohsin Salimbhai Qureshi Vs State of Gujarat (Gujarat High Court) Present Bail application was filed by, the present applicant, who was allegedly found indulged in receiving and passing of fraudulent ITC to their buyers by way of creating a chain of bogus firms, without physical receipt and supply of goods. HC observed that Section 132(1)(i) provides for punishment as that ‘in cases where the amount of tax evaded or the amount of input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised or the amount of refund wrongly taken exceeds five hundred lakh rupees, with imprisonment for a term which may extend t...