High Court of Allahabad
Sanchit Seth v. Commissioner of CGST and Central Excise
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION NO. 861 OF 2026
The ruling in brief
Arrest for alleged clandestine manufacture and cess evasion would be unlawful where mandatory BNSS safeguards were breached which included defective arrest memo, inconsistent arrest time, absence of family intimation and right-to-counsel recital, post-facto authorization and unsupported evasion quantification; release was ordered
Provisions considered
Section 26, read with sections 21 and 26 of Health Security Se National Security Cess Act, 2025 - Section 35 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
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