ORAL ORDER

1. Rule. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor waives service of notice of rule for respondent – State of Gujarat.

2. By way of this application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, “BNSS”), the applicant has prayed for anticipatory bail in the event of arrest in connection with the FIR being C.R. No. 11208003260011 of 2026, registered with Gandhigram / University (Gandhigram-2) Police Station, Rajkot City, for the offence punishable under Sections 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. It is alleged by the complainant that the forged Will be misusing the notary registration number of a deceased lawyer and thereafter used the said Will as a genuine document with dishonest intention, on the basis of which the applicant apprehends her impending arrest in connection with the aforesaid FIR. The applicant had preferred an application seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the said FIR before learned Additional District Judge, Rajkot, being Criminal Misc. Application No.99 of 2026, which came to be dismissed by the learned Sessions Judge, vide order dated 17.01.2026. Hence, the present application.

4. Learned Senior Advocate