Anticipatory Bail Granted to Chartered Accountant in GST Probe

Alkesh Harilal Pendhadiya Vs State of Gujarat (Sessions Court, Jamnagar, Gujarat)  The Gujarat High Court heard an anticipatory bail application filed by Alkesh Harilal Pendhadiya, a Chartered Accountant, under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 438 of the CrPC), seeking protection from arrest in connection with alleged offences under Section 132 of the Central and Gujarat Goods and Services Tax Acts, 2017. The applicant feared arrest after being issued multiple summonses by the Assistant Commissioners of State Tax, Rajkot and Bhavnagar, seek...