CHENNAI: In a setback to actor/director S J Surya, the Madras high court has refused to quash six prosecutions initiated against him by the income tax department for recovery of over 7 crore tax due.
Pointing out that the actor had failed to pay taxes and file proper returns even after notices were issued, Justice G Chandrasekharan said, the Income Tax Act empowers a court to presume the culpable mental state of the accused unless he shows that he had no such mental state concerning the act charged as an offence in the prosecution.
