R/CR.MA/8935/2026 ORDER DATED: 20/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL) NO. 8935 of 2026 ========================================================== SANJIV KUMAR RAMKISHAN GOEL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ========================================================== Appearance: NISARG S SHAH(8886) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR. KRUTIK A. PARIKH, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 20/04/2026 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. 11210067260143 of 2026 registered with Saroli Police Station, Surat City, for the offence punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. At the outset, the learned advocate for the applicant would submit that the offence 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. 3. Considering the above, the applicant is hereby directed to R/CR.MA/8935/2026 ORDER DATED: 20/04/2026 remain present before the Investigating Officer concerned on 27.04.2026 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) NITIN MAKWANA Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: NITIN INDRAVADAN MAKWANA(HCW0110), ENGLISH STENOGRAPHER GRADE I, at High Court of Gujarat on 20/04/2026 17:56:32