IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 6228 of 2026 ================================================

SALMANKHAN JARDULLAKHAN PATHAN Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ================================================

Appearance:

A S TIMBALIA(7372) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR PRANAV DHAGAT, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 13/03/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. Rule. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor waives service of notice of rule for respondent – State of Gujarat.

2. By way of this application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, “BNSS”), the applicant has prayed for anticipatory bail in the event of arrest in connection with the FIR being C.R. No. 11821011210232 of 2021, registered with Dahod ‘A’ Division Police Station, District: Dahod for the offences punishable under Sections 3, 4(3) of the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020 (Land Grabbing Act).

3. Learned advocate for the applicant, at the outset, submits that the alleged encroachment, as referred in the FIR, has been removed by the applicant, which