SC Grants Conditional Relief as Investigation in ₹74 Crore GST Fraud Case Pending

Sandeep Goyal Vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India) The petitioner sought regular bail under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in FIR No.15/2018 registered at Police Station DGGI, GST, Jaipur, Rajasthan for offences under Sections 132(1)(b)(c)(d)(f)(i) and (i) read with Sub-section (5) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner and co-accused created about 555 fake firms and committed fraud amounting to Rs.74 crores by issuing invoices to evade GST input taxes. Fake firms were allegedly created in different States. It was...