PIL cannot be filed for non-completion of GST crime investigation within time

Nitin Singh Bhati Vs. Union of India (Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench) The petitioner before this court a practicing advocate has filed this present petition by way of Public Interest Litigation. The contention of the petitioner is that a criminal case was registered against certain persons in the township of Indore i.e. Crime No. 23 of 2020 for offences u/s 132(1) (s) of GST Act, 2017 read with 409, 467, 471 and 120-B of IPC. Five persons were granted regular bail by order dated 27-07-2020 and 13-08-2020. The petitioner’s grievance is that in respect of one of the co-accused, na...