R/CR.MA/7191/2026 ORDER DATED: 27/03/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 7191 of 2026 ========================================================== DEEPAK PRAN SHARMAV(DEEPAK SHARMA) Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ========================================================== Appearance: MR BC DAVE(245) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 HARDIK S. SONI APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 27/03/2026 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. 11210050260273 of 2026 registered with Rander Police Station, District: Surat, for the o3ences punishable under Sections318(4) and 54 of the IPC. 2. At the outset, the learned advocate for the applicant would submit that the o3ences 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 o7cer as per direction of this Court. 3. Considering the above, the applicant is hereby directed R/CR.MA/7191/2026 ORDER DATED: 27/03/2026 to remain present before the Investigating O7cer concerned on 06.04.2026 and co-operate with the investigation and if at all the Investigating O7cer deems it 9t to arrest the applicant, a 7 days’ prior notice shall be given to him. Further, the Investigating O7cer 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 27/03/2026 17:40:43