IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR QUASHING & SET ASIDE FIR/ORDER) NO. 16390 of 2021 ==========================================================

PRAKASHBHAI KANTILAL GOR & ANR.

Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR JAYESH A DAVE(253) for the Applicant(s) No. 1,2 NOTICE SERVED for the Respondent(s) No. 2 MR. RONAK RAWAL, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M. K. THAKKER Date : 06/04/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. The present application is filed for quashment of the FIR registered as First C.R. No. 11205031210161 of 2021 for the offences punishable under Sections 379, 420, 465, 468, 471, 474, and 120(B) of the IPC, and under Sections 4(1), 4(1)(A), and 21(1) of the Mines and Minerals Act, 1957, as well as under Sections 3, 21, and 22(a) of the Gujarat Minerals Rules, 2005, 2016, and 2017, before the Mandvi Police Station, Kutch, Bhuj, dated 15th March 2021.

2. At the outset, learned advocate Mr. Jayesh Dave does not press this application qua the offence under IPC and submitted that qua the offence of Mines and Min