IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 8366 of 2026 ==========================================================

BANTI S/O KRUSHNA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR N R DESAI(6504) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS. DIVYANGANA JHALA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 27/04/2026

ORAL ORDER

RULE. Learned APP waives service of notice of Rule for and on behalf of the respondent – State.

1. By way of the present application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”), the applicant – accused has prayed to release him on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest in connection with the FIR being C.R. No.11195018220771/2022 registered with Dhanera Police Station, District Banaskantha, for the offences punishable under Sections 65-A, 65(e), 116-B, 98(2), 99, 81, 83 of the Prohibition Act and under Section 465, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code.

2. It has been argued by the learned advocate for the applicant that the applicant is not