Hello Avi,
The answer unfortunately is no.
By not stripping tags your layout would break. This is 110% certain, a <ul> or <div> tag would not close and the whole site would be affected.
If you want more control over your introtext you should use two editors one for introtext and one for fulltext. (This setting is located in the Advanced parameters of K2)
JoomlaWorks Support Team
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