KARACHI: Customs (Taxation & Anti-Smuggling) Court Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi directed an Investigation Officer to produce the witness against suspect namely Amir Shoukat S/o Shoukat Hayat held in a case of mega tax evasion and mis-declaration.
On the last date of hearing, counsel for the accused had appeared before the court along with his counsel and argued that his client is innocent and was falsely implicated in the case. However his client is ready to face the trail therefore court may grant him a bail till the final judgment in the same case.
After his arguments, the court had granted him pre-arrest bail against the surety of Rs100000 and directed the suspect to appear before the court on the next date of hearing.
The court also issued notices to the customs officials and special prosecutor of Customs Department directing them to file their respective para-wise comments on the next date of hearing.
It needs to be mentioned here that when the First Information Report (FIR) was produced before the court, suspect Amir Shoukat S/o Shoukat Hayat was showed as absconder. Now he has moved the court and filed an application for bail. However several other suspects are still absconders in this case.
According to the prosecution, case was registered for violation of Section 2 (37) 2 (9) 2 (14) a 3 (1) (a) & (b) (1) & (2) (1) (11) & (1) (a) (ca) & (d) & 21, 22(1) 23 (1) 25, 26 (1) and 73 of sales tax act, 1990 punishable under section 33 (3) (5) (8) (11c) (13) (16) (68) ibid.
