Yes
Bad Debts of a business are allowable as deduction u/s.36(1)(vii) read with S. 36(2).
The deduction available is in respect of any bad debt or part thereof, which has been taken into account in computing the income of the previous year in which the amount of bad debt is written off or of an earlier previous year, which is written off as irrecoverable in the accounts of the assessee for the previous year.