R/CR.MA/8149/2026 ORDER DATED: 09/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 8149 of 2026 ========================================================== SHALIN UMESHKUMAR PATEL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ========================================================== Appearance: MR HARDIK H DAVE(6295) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MONALI BHATT APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 09/04/2026 ORAL ORDER 1. By way of the present 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. 11191042250376/2025 registered with Satellite Police Station, District: Ahmedabad, for the offences mentioned in the FIR. 2. At the outset, the learned advocate for the applicant would submit that the offences alleged in the impugned FIR are the one in which maximum punishment prescribed for is upto 7 years. Accordingly, on instructions, he states that the applicant is ready and willing to join the investigation and will appear before the investigating officer as per direction of this Court. 2.1 It transpires that the present application has been issued R/CR.MA/8149/2026 ORDER DATED: 09/04/2026 notice on 15.01.2026 and 02.02.2026 under Section 35(3) of the BNSS ,2023, whereas, co-accused has been issued notice through registered AD on 27.01.2026 and 31.01.2026. 3. Considering the above, the applicant is hereby directed to remain present before the Investigating Officer concerned and co- operate with the investigation and if at all the Investigating Officer deems it fit to arrest the applicant, a 7 days’ prior notice shall be given to him. Further, the Investigating Officer is directed to scrupulously follow the proposition of law as settled by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the cases of Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar, reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273, Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr., reported in (2022) 10 SCC 51 and in Md. Asfak Alam v. 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. 4. With aforesaid directions, this application stands disposed of. Direct service is permitted. (P. M. RAVAL, J) MMP Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: MAHENDRA MOHANBHAI PUROHIT(HCD0074), ENGLISH STENOGRAPHER GRADE TWO CLASS TWO, at High Court of Gujarat on 09/04/2026 16:48:17