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

3228 of 2026 ==================================================

SHAKTISINH RAJENDRASINH VAGHELA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ==================================================

Appearance MR V A ZALA(11441) 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] RULE. Learned APP waives service of notice of Rule for and on behalf of the respondent No.1 – State of Gujarat.

[2] 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. 11198020250832 of 2025 registered with Ghogha Police Station, Bhavnagar for the offences punishable under Sections

65(a), 65(e), 116-B, 98(2) and 81 of the Prohibition Act.

[3] Learned advocate for the applicant submits that the applicant is an innocent and has been falsely implicated in the alleged offence. It is submitted that the applicant