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

21815 of 2025 ==================================================

MUKESHKUMAR DEVALAL KHATIK Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ==================================================

Appearance MR. ABHISHEK A JOSHI(6768) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS. DHWANI TRIPATHI, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR Date : 12/05/2026

ORDER

[1] By way of the present application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”), the applicant has prayed to release on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest in connection with the FIR being C.R. No. 11188007250510 of 2025 registered with Meghraj Police Station, Aravalli, for the offences punishable under Sections

65(a) and 65(e) of the Prohibition Act.

[2] Learned advocate for the applicant submits that the applicant is an innocent and has been falsely implicated with ulterior motive and applicant has no past antecedent. Therefore, custodial interrogation at this stage is not necessary. Besides, the applicant is available during the course of inve