JUDGMENT :

1. Rule returnable forthwith. Learned APP waives service of notice of rule for and on behalf of the respondent-State.

2. The present application is filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, for regular bail in connection with the FIR being C.R. No.11197005240107 of 2024 registered with the Vadodara Taluka Police Station, Vadodara Rural of the offence punishable under Sections 406, 465, 467, 468, 471, 474 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Learned senior counsel Mr. Devang Nanavati assisted by learned advocate Mr. Pratik Jasani appearing for the applicant has submitted that the applicant-accused was arrested on 01.02.2024 and is in jail ever since. Learned senior counsel Mr. Nanavati has also submitted that the investigation is underway and the present application is at pre-indictment stage. It is further submitted that the first information report was registered against total four accused persons placing the present applicant-accused as accused No.1. According to the complaint, the alleged incident took place during the period between 09.11.2020 and 15.03.2022 for which the first information report came to be registered on 31.01.2024, i.e after a d