ORDER :

1. RULE. Learned APP waives service of rule for the respondent-State.

2. By way of the present application under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ( 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.11208052240499 of 2024 registered with Bhaktinagar Police Station, Rajkot for the offences punishable under Section 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 474, 120(b) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short “ IPC ”) / The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNS”) and Section 3 of GPID Act, 2003.

3. Learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the applicant submits that the applicant has nothing to do with the offence and he is falsely implicated in the offence. The applicant is a saint in the Swaminarayan sect and, with the intention of building a temple, the applicant, along with co-accused, is alleged to have contacted the complainant for the purchase of 510 vighas of land. In this regard, an agreement to sell was executed, and accused Nos. 7 and 8 acted as agents of the present applicant, fixing the consideration at Rs. 3,04,50,000/-. However, the said amount was not pa