IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 442 of 2026 ========================================================== ANAND SINH S/O HARI SINGH (ANANDISNH HARIBHAI CHAUHAN)

Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR. MANAN S DOSHI(9795) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR L B DABHI, APP for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIKHIL S. KARIEL Date : 02/03/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. Heard learned Advocate Mr. Manan S. Doshi for the appellant and learned APP Mr. L.B. Dabhi for the respondent-State.

2. The present appellant having been arraigned as accused in the FIR bearing C.R. No.11191036260006 of 2026 registered with Navrangpura Police Station, Ahmedabad City, for the offence punishable under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNS”) and Sections 3(2)(v), 3(1)(w)(i) and 3(1)(w)(ii) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (for short “Atrocities Act”), has approached this Court inter alia seeking for anticipatory bail.

3. Learned Advocate for the appellant s