Incme Tax Officer 2(1), Bhopal, Bhopal vs Swarna Sukh, Bhopal on 31 July, 2025
The assessing officer had further relied on the decision
of the H'ble Supreme Court in the case of Sumati Dayal V. CIT
[1995] 214 ITR 801 (SC) while making the addition u/s 68.
However, the above decision will not be applicable to the instant
case of the appellant because in case of Sumati Dayal, the H'ble
Court had held that "The transaction about purchase of winning
ticket took place in secret and direct evidence about such
purchase would be rarely available. An inference about such a
purchase had to be drawn on the basis of the circumstances
available on the record, " implying that circumstantial evidences
can be taken in the absence of direct evidence, whereas in the
instant case, the facts and evidences clearly evidence that the
appellant has made the cash sales and there were sufficient
stocks to meet the sales. Thus, the facts of the appellant's case
are clearly distinguishable from the above decision of the H'ble
Apex Court.