Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.19841 of 2025, Rajeev v. State of U.P., order dated 7.7.2025 by Hon'ble Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal, J. Bail application REJECTED. Grounds: involvement in economic crime — serious fraud defrauding the State of GST and illegal Input Tax Credit benefit; allegation that about 2600 firms were formed on forged GST numbers; Case Crime No.0203 of 2023 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, Police Station Sector 20 Noida, District (Commissionerate) Gautam Buddha Nagar; coordinate Bench order dated 31.08.2024 in Bail Application No.53010 of 2023 rejecting bail of similarly placed co-accused treated as supporting denial of bail.
What did the court decide?
The applicant is not entitled to be released on bail because he is involved in economic crime, having committed serious fraud that resulted in defrauding the State of GST and obtaining illegal benefit of Input Tax Credit.