R/SCR.A/8874/2025 ORDER DATED: 27/06/2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION (QUASHING) NO. 8874 of 2025 ========================================================== UTTAM ASHOKBHAI VIRADIYA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR VIRAT G POPAT(3710) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS SHRUTI PATHAK, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR Date : 27/06/2025 ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, does not press present petition as the petitioner is ready and willing to surrender before the Investigating Agency. In the event, the petitioner or any other accused surrenders, the Investigating Agency is supposed to follow the law of the land and safeguard provided to the accused under the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and as per the dictum of the Hon'ble Supreme Court rendered in cases of Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar reported in (2014)8 SCC 273 as well as D K Basu Vs. State of West Bengal, reported in (1997) 1 SCC 416. Permission as prayed for is granted. In view of the above, present petition stands disposed of as not pressed. This Court has not examined the matter on merit. (HASMUKH D. SUTHAR,J) SUCHIT Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: PATEL SUCHIT JAYESHBHAI(HC01083), Private Secretary, at High Court of Gujarat on 27/06/2025 15:58:55