Delhi court rejects anticipatory bail plea of govt official accused of corruption

Delhi court rejects anticipatory bail plea of govt official accused of corruptionGSTDated:- 8-5-2026PTINew Delhi, May 8 (PTI) A Delhi court on Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of a government official accused by the anti corruption bureau of…

Delhi court rejects anticipatory bail plea of govt official accused of corruption
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Dated:- 8-5-2026
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New Delhi, May 8 (PTI) A Delhi court on Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of a government official accused by the anti corruption bureau of causing a loss of over Rs 5.5 crore to the government exchequer through illegal GST refunds.

Special Judge (PC Act) Ruchi Aggarwal Asrani was hearing the anticipatory bail of Himanshu Malik.

According to the prosecution, Malik, a lower division clerk (LDC) in the Department of Trade & Taxes at Vyapar Bhawan here, was complicit in a well-hatched conspiracy with others to facilitate the processing and approval of 61 GST refund orders to firm M/s Regional Trading, and tha

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/s Regional Trading transferred a particular amount of money (Rs 25 lakh) to M/s Arki, which further transferred an amount to M/s Uflix, which transferred it to the account of the parents of the applicant (Malik) just a couple of months after M/s Regional Trading received the alleged illegal GST refunds.” Regarding the argument that it was a “friendly loan”, the judge said that it had been given from a company account and not a personal account, and besides, there was no loan agreement.

“Since the factum of transfer of Rs 25 lakh has been admitted on behalf of the applicant, this court finds sufficient reasons to believe that the applicant needs to be interrogated to unearth the truth about the funds received through illegal

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