IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION (QUASHING) NO. 6911 of 2025 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE L. S. PIRZADA ==========================================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ==========================================================

UNITED PETROFER LTD. & ORS.

Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR KUNAL S SHAH(5282) for the Applicant(s) No. 1,2,3 MR DEVEN PARIKH SENIOR ADVOCATE WITH MR NIRAV P SHAH(6475)

for the Respondent(s) No. 2 MR TUSHAR L SHETH(3920) for the Respondent(s) No. 2 MR DHAWAN JAYSWAL APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE L. S. PIRZADA Date : 07/05/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. The present petition has been preferred by the petitioners - original accused under Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS, 2023”) for quashing of the complaint filed by respondent No.2 - original complainant being Criminal Case No.3558 of 2024, pending th before the learned 16 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Surat.

2. The factual matrix, leading to