Telangana HC grants anticipatory bail to a company director in a Rs 98 crore GST input-credit case, stressing that the need for arrest must
The question: Does the seriousness of an alleged GST fraud justify refusing anticipatory bail?
A director of a Hyderabad company, accused of wrongly claiming about Rs 98.47 crore of input tax credit on invoices from non-genuine suppliers, sought protection from arrest under the Central and Telangana GST Acts. The High Court held that the seriousness of an economic offence is not enough on its own: what matters is whether custodial interrogation is actually necessary, and here the evidence was largely documents already seized.