IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 9584 of 2026 ================================================

HARPALSINH CHOTUBHA VAGHELA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ================================================

Appearance:

MR SI NANAVATI, SR ADVOCATE with MS KAJAL D SHAH(11966) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 NANAVATI & NANAVATI(1933) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR CHINTAN DAVE, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 30/04/2026

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 I-C.R. No. 02 of 2026, registered with Ahmedabad (Rural), ACB Police Station, District: Ahmedabad for the offences punishable under Sections 7, 12, 13(a), and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 (PC Act) and Sections 409, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 114 of the Indian Penal C