ORDER :

RULE. Learned APP waives service of notice of Rule for and on behalf of the respondent – State of Gujarat.

1. By way of the present application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “ BNSS ”), the applicant accused has prayed to release him on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest in connection with the FIR being C.R. No.11216001240810 of 2024 registered with Adalaj Police Station, District Gandhinagar for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

2. Learned Senior Advocate Mr. Prakash K. Jani assisted by learned advocate Mr. Amrish Pandya for the applicant submits that the applicant has nothing to do with the offence and he has been falsely enroped in the offence. Further, though the applicant is not named in the FIR, his name has surfaced during investigation on the basis of statement of co-accused. There is no allegation worth the name for the offences of cheating, criminal breach of trust and forgery and important fact is that the accused Nos.1 and 2 and the complainant have settled the disputed and even the civil suit has been withdrawn unconditionally. Furth