IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 1084 of 2026 ================================================

NIKULBHAI CHOTABHAI PATEL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ================================================

Appearance:

MR RS SANJANWALA, SR ADVOCATE with MR.HARDIK BHARHMBHAT(3741) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR MOHD. SHAHRUKH M SAIYAD (11014) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 MR PRANAV DHAGAT, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 17/03/2026

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. 11215002241015 of 2024, registered with Anand Town Police Station, District: Anand for the offences punishable under Sections 465, 467, 468, 471 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC).

3. Outlined facts of the prosecution case is that the brother of the de facto comp