R/CR.MA/22426/2025 ORDER DATED: 12/11/2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 22426 of 2025 ========================================================== ASHOKBHAI MULJIBHAI PATEL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ========================================================== Appearance: MR.ALOK M THAKKAR(6510) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS. PALLAVI V PATEL(6874) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR MOUSAM R YAGNIK(3689) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 MR. TIRTHRAJ PANDYA APP, for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE UTKARSH THAKORBHAI DESAI Date : 12/11/2025 ORAL ORDER Learned advocate for the applicant, under instructions, states that the applicant is ready and willing to join the investigation, and will appear before the investigating ocer on 24.11.2025. Having considered the submissions and the documents produced on record, the Investigating Ocer is directed to scrupulously follow the proposition of law as settled by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of R/CR.MA/22426/2025 ORDER DATED: 12/11/2025 Bihar, reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273, in case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr., reported in (2022) 10 SCC 51 and in case of Md. Asfak Alam Vs. State of Jharkhand & Anr., reported in 2023 SCC OnLine SC 892 and also inform about the grounds of arrest, if needed, to learned Magistrate and even the learned Magistrate before mechanically authorizing the detention of the applicant shall follow the dictum of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the aforesaid decisions. In case, the Investigating Ocer needs to arrest the applicant, notice of 7 days shall be given to the applicant prior to such arrest. In view of the above, the present application stands disposed of. Direct service is permitted. (UTKARSH THAKORBHAI DESAI, J) ANIRUDH OJHA Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: ANIRUDH OJHA(HC02370), ENGLISH STENO GRADE-II\, at High Court of Gujarat on 12/11/2025 15:37:56