IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR CONSENT QUASHING) NO. 5263 of 2026 ==========================================================

ASHISH DHIRAJLAL MEHTA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR. MALAY S PATEL(8901) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS. KRINA CALLA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL K. VYAS Date : 05/03/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. Learned advocate Mr. Nayan N. Baraiya appears and submits that he has instructions to appear on behalf of the respondent no.2 - complainant. He is permitted to file his appearance. Registry shall accept his vakalatnama.

2. By way of preferring the present application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicant-accused seeks to invoke the inherent powers of this Court, praying to quash and set-aside the judgment and order dated 11.10.2019 passed by the learned 2^nd Additional Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Mahuva, in Criminal Case No.1258 of 2018, for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, as well