Government of Gujarat vs Chandulal Maganbhai Baria — 4092/2025

Summary The court dropped the criminal proceedings against the accused charged under Section 66(1)(b) of the Gujarat Prohibition Act for liquor consumption. The court held that the 2017 Amendment deleted the cognizable classification of such offences, making them non-cognizable with maximum punishment under 3 years; since the investigating officer failed to obtain prior magistrate permission as mandatorily required under Section 155(2) CrPC/Section 174(2) BNSS before investigation, the investigation was illegal and the court could not take cognizance based on the vitiated report. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.