IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD /CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR QUASHING & SET ASIDE FIR/ORDER) NO. 16406 of 2024 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL K. VYAS Sd/-

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Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔

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UMESHBHAI MAHASHANKARBHAI PUROHIT Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR SMIT D PATEL(11531) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR TIRTHRAJ PANDYA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 REFUSED SERVED (N)(10) for the Respondent(s) No. 2 ================================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL K. VYAS Date : 08/05/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. RULE returnable forthwith. Learned APP Mr.Tirthraj Pandya waives service of notice of rule for and on behalf of the respondent – State.

2. By way of preferring the present application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the applicant- accused seeks to invoke the inherent powers of this Court, praying to quash and set-aside the First Information Report No.11198042201089 of 2020 lodged before