IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 24960 of 2025 ==========================================================

PRATIKBHAI SHASHIKANTBHAI GALCHAT Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR HRIDAY BUCH, ADVOCATE WITH MR. KULDEEP D VAIDYA(7045) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR SOAHAM JOSHI, ADDL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent(s)

No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE UTKARSH THAKORBHAI DESAI Date : 01/12/2025

ORAL ORDER

1. The applicant, who is shown as accused no. 2 in the FIR, which came to be registered by CID Crime Police Station, Rajkot vide FIR No. null250002 of 2025 under Sections 409, 420 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Gujarat Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 2003 has preferred the present application under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking relief of pre-arrest bail.

2. The FIR, which came to be lodged by one Jigar Ashokbhai Bhatt, speaks about he and his mother running a multiple financial product distribution in the na