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2024 (2) TMI 766 - HC - VAT and Sales TaxSeeking grant of regular bail - evasion of tax under Haryana VAT Act and in light of Section 37 read with Section 38 - power of custodial interrogation - HELD THAT:- There is no denial to the fact that the economic offences constitute a separate class of their own, but trite it is that presumption of innocence is one of the bedrocks on which the criminal jurisprudence rests. Time and again, Apex Court has reiterated the need to integrate the right of investigating agencies to have effective interrogation of the accused with the right of liberty of the accused. While dealing extensively with the rights of the accused in the economic offences, Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, [2022 (8) TMI 152 - SUPREME COURT] held There need not be any insistence of a bail application while considering the application under Section 88, 170, 204 and 209 of the Code. Keeping in view the facts, without commenting on the merits of the case, the incarceration suffered by the petitioners and the fact that investigation already stands concluded and in view of dictum of law laid down in Satender Kumar Antil's case, the present petitions are allowed. The petitioners are ordered to be released on bail on their furnishing bail bonds/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the Trial Court/Duty Magistrate concerned. Petition allowed.
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