Assessee claimed deductions in respect of long-term capital gain/short-term capital loss while filing his returns under section 139 Claims were accepted by Assessing Officer. Later, search proceedings were initiated against assessee and his family members and companies owned by him. They immediately retracted and filed revised returns, waiving claims of deductions. Complaints were lodged against them for offence punishable under section 276C. Assessees submitted that they had sold certain shares and earned long-term capital gains all through banking transactions with stockbrokers in relation to advice stockbrokers had rendered. However, stocks in respect of which gains were made were not same as stocks in respect of which deductions were claimed. The assessee also submitted that it was not a case where ipso facto evasion of tax could be laid against assessees.On appeal the High Court held that, on facts, it was a case of delayed payment of tax as revised return was filed after search was conducted on assessee and merely because claims of deductions were not accepted or were not acceptable to revenue, that by itself would not amount to wilful evasion of tax, therefore, proceedings pending before Special Court against assessee were to be quashed. SLP filed by revenue against the order of High Court was dismissed-(AY. 2010-11 to 2012-13)
Income-tax Department v. Kum Kum Bagaria (2025) 303 Taxman 183 (SC) Income-tax Department v. Bioworth India (P.) Ltd. (2025) 303 Taxman 518 (SC) Editorial : Aunurag Bagaria v. Income-tax Department(2024) 158 taxmann.com 546 (Karn)(HC)
S. 276C : Offences and prosecutions-Willful attempt to evade tax-Long term capital gains-Search-Long term capital gains-Revised return-Delayed payment of tax-Order of High Court quashing the prosecution proceedings were affirmed-SLP of revenue was dismissed. [S. 45, 132(4), 139, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, 482, Art. 136]
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