IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR CONSENT QUASHING) NO. 8749 of 2026 ==========================================================

NATHABHAI KHIMABHAI BHARVADIYA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR. HARDIK B. GODHAM(16165) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR. TIRTHRAJ PANDYA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL K. VYAS Date : 16/04/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. Learned advocate Ms. Krupa S. Sathwara appears and submits that she has instructions to appear on behalf of the respondent no.2 – complainant. She is permitted to file her appearance. Registry shall accept her 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 22.12.2022 passed by the learned 17^th Additional Senior Civil Judge and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rajkot, in Criminal Case No. 2982 of 2019, for the offence punishable under Sectio