IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR QUASHING & SET ASIDE FIR/ORDER) NO. 7831 of 2020 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M. K. THAKKER ==========================================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔

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FAZAL MOHAMMAD JUSABJI KHATRI Versus THE STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR ZUBIN F BHARDA(159) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR HS MUNSHAW(495) for the Respondent(s) No. 2 VRUNDA SHAH APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M. K. THAKKER Date : 17/03/2026

JUDGMENT

1. The present application is filed for quashing of FIR No. C. R. 1121101520051 of 2020 registered with Dhangadhra City Police Station for the offenses punishable under Section 188 of the IPC and Section 56 of the Disaster Management Act.

2. The brief facts stated in the FIR are referred hereinbelow.

“The offence is under Section 188 of the IPC and under section 56 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 that despite there being Nation-wide Pandemic-Disaster decl