HC dismisses Bail condition of 50% payment for alleged GST default

Neeraj Ramkumar Tiwari Vs State Of Gujarat (Gujarat High Court) On 03.09.2020, the petitioner filed Criminal Misc.Application No.12831 of 2020 for bail under Section 439. However, pending the bail application, statutory period of 60 days for registering the complaint under the provisions of the GST Act had expired and therefore, on 28.09.2020, the petitioner preferred an application for default bail before the Court of Magistrate, Vadodara being Criminal Misc.Application No.2636 of 2020. Considering the provisions of Section 167(2), the Magistrate by order dated 01.10.2020, allowed the applica...