Government of Gujarat vs Sureshbhai Saybabhai Nayak — 3275/2025

Summary: The court dropped criminal proceedings against the accused for violations under the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 and Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, finding that the investigating officer illegally conducted the investigation without obtaining mandatory prior permission from the competent magistrate. The court held that the offences were non-cognizable under the 2017 Amendment (which deleted Section 118 classifying all offences as cognizable) and that the arrest power under the Motor Vehicles Act does not alter this non-cognizable character. The accused was discharged from bail bonds, and contraband liquor was ordered destroyed. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.