IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 16489 of 2025 ================================================

KAUSHIKBHAI SHANILAL PARMAR Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ================================================

Appearance:

MR HITESH S PADHYA(3877) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR ZUBIN F BHARDA(159) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR CHINTAN DAVE, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 15/04/2026

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. 05 of 2025, registered with Vadodara City Police Station, District: Vadodara for the offences punishable under Sections 7(a), 13(1)(a) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018), (PC Act).

3. Outlined facts of the case of the prosecution is that on 20.11.2018, the de facto complainant had