Konatham Bhaskar Rao vs State Of Andhra Pradesh on 22 November, 1984
Courts have held that, if a revised return is filed by an assessee bona fide prior to the detraction of concealment, then the conduct in filing voluntarily revised return could be considered as a mitigating circumstance to excuse the levy of penalty. It was held that when an assessee verifies and submits a false return, an offence is committed and the fact that subsequently the assessee files a revised return will not condone the offence. It is not necessary to refer to the number of cases under the Income-tax Act as the principle is far too well-settled without any dissent. We may, however, refer to the earliest case on this point in Ganga Sugar v. Emperor 4 ITC 97 (All.)