HETAN RAM GANGWANI AND ANR vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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aba 2253-2025-Final.doc AGK IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.2253 OF 2025 1. Hetan Ram Gangwani, Aged 37 years, Occupation: Business, Kanchan Mirg Building, Plot No.75, 1st Floor, Simplified CHS Ltd., T.V. Chidambaran Road, Sion, Mumbai 2. Yash Ram Gangwani, Aged 38 years, Occupation: Business, Lilian Apartment, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Opposite Lok Complex, Bandra (West), Mumbai … Applicants V/s. The State of Maharashtra, through Uran Police Station. … Respondent ATUL Mr. P.A. Pol with Mr. Sharad Suryawanshi and Mr. GANESH KULKARNI Ranjit Hatkar i/by Pol Legal Juris for the applicant. Digitally signed by ATUL GANESH KULKARNI Date: 2025.09.30 11:48:18 +0530 Mrs. Mahalakshmi Ganapathy, APP for respondent No.1-State. CORAM : AMIT BORKAR, J. RESERVED ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 JUDGMENT: 1. The applicants, apprehending arrest in connection with Crime Register No.346 of 2024 registered with Uran Police Station, 1 aba 2253-2025-Final.doc District Raigad, for the offence punishable under Sections 287, 125, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; Sections 3 and 7 of the Essential Commodities Act; Sections 3, 4, 6, 23(a) of the Petroleum Act; and Section 4 of the Inflammable Substances Act, has approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 2. According to prosecution, the informant, an Assistant Police Inspector, along with police staff, visited a customs bonded warehouse on 12 July 2024 at about 16.30 hours. They noticed eight tankers parked there. No satisfactory information regarding those tankers was available, so they were kept on hold. 3. On 13 July 2024, accused No.3 – Rakesh More, visited the police stat