Syed Shah Raheemuddin Qadri Vs State of Telangana (Telangana High Court)
In a significant ruling concerning a Goods and Services Tax (GST) fraud case, the Telangana High Court granted pre-arrest bail to three individuals, Syed Shah Raheemuddin Qadri and two others, who were arrayed as accused No. 3, 7, and 9 in Crime No. 86 of 2025. The case, filed at the Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, accused the petitioners of conspiring to create fictitious transactions and causing a significant loss to the government exchequer.
The prosecution’s case was built on the allegation that the accused prepared forged e-way bills, lorry receipts, and delivery challans in the names of other individuals (accused Nos. 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11) and uploaded these documents to the GST website. This scheme was allegedly designed to claim fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC) without any actual movement of goods. The offenses were registered under Sections 318(4) and 336 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
The petitioners’ counsel, Mr. Enuganti Sudhanshu Rao, argued that the complaint was lodged with malicious intent to circumvent the provisions for compounding offenses under Section 138 of the Goods and Services Act. He highlighted that the prime accused in the case had already been released on bail and that the petitioners were willing to cooperate with the investigation.
