IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR QUASHING & SET ASIDE FIR/ORDER) NO. 8146 of 2026 ==========================================================

DIPAKKUMAR SHYAMSUNDAR CHELANI Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

JAYDEEP H SINDHI(9585) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR MANAN MAHETA, LD.ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL K. VYAS Date : 09/04/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. Learned advocate Ms.Pooja Baswal 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 filing the present application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicant-accused has prayed to quash and set-aside the judgement and order dated 01.01.2024 passed by the learned 3^rd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gandhidham-Kachchh, in Criminal Case No.4254 of 2022, for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, as wel