Government of Gujarat vs Pushpakkumar Manharsinh Chauhan — 3499/2025

The court dropped the criminal proceedings against the accused for violations under the Gujarat Prohibition Act and Motor Vehicles Act, holding that the investigation was illegal and void. The court found that the offences were non-cognizable (maximum punishment under 3 years), yet the investigating officer failed to obtain mandatory prior permission from the competent magistrate under Section 174(2) of BNSS before initiating investigation, violating a fundamental procedural safeguard. Consequently, the accused was discharged from bail bonds, and contraband items were ordered destroyed per legal guidelines. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.