The order of the HC states, "(Advocate for the petitioner submitted that)...under Section 6 of the Gujarat Freedom to Religion Act, 2003, the complaint under the said Act can be filed only after obtaining previous sanction from such authority not below the rank of Sub-divisional Magistrate.... Additional Public Prosecutor has drawn the attention of this Court to the fact that on April 23, 2026, the application has been submitted to the District Magistrate for grant of sanction which is pending..." CONSIDERING THAT the Surat district police had not sought the sanction of the District Magistrate (DM) to book six petitioners under the provisions of the Gujarat Freedom to Religion Act, 2003, Gujarat High Court (HC) granted interim relief in regard to the further proceedings under the Act and issued notice to the state and the police in the case.…