IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 9769 of 2026 ==========================================================

SHOBHRAJSINH KANAKSINH GOHIL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR ADITYA T PANCHOLI(13067) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 RAFIK LOKHANDWALA(5590) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR. YUVRAJ BHRAMBHATT, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 27/04/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. Rule is fixed forthwith. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor waives service of Rule for the respondent – State.

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. 11194022210016 of 2021, registered with Surat City ACB Police Station, for the offence punishable under Sections 7(a) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

3. The facts in nutshell are that Anjna K. Chauhan, Police Inspector, ACB Police Station, has alleged in her