High Court of Gujarat
RAMESHBHAI KHODABHAI PATELversusSTATE OF GUJARAT
- Decided
- Disposal
- 53-ALLOWED / GRANTED @ ADM.STAGE
- Bench
- HEMANT M PRACHCHHAK
Holding
The court condoned the 181‑day delay and allowed the restoration application.
Summary
The applicant filed a criminal miscellaneous application seeking condonation of a 181‑day delay in filing a restoration application. The court examined the explanations provided for the delay and found them satisfactory. Consequently, the court allowed the condonation of delay, thereby permitting the restoration application to proceed. No substantive merits of the underlying criminal case were addressed. The order was pronounced by Justice Hemant M. Prachchak and signed by the Principal Private Secretary.
Issues considered
- Whether a delay of 181 days in preferring a restoration application can be condoned under the applicable procedural law
Subjects
- condonation of delay
- restoration of appeal
- criminal procedure
- High Court of Gujarat
- miscellaneous application
Judgment
R/CR.MA/15585/2026 ORDER DATED: 23/07/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR CONDONATION OF
DELAY) NO. 15585 of 2026
In
R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION/17331/2026
In
F/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION/34415/2025
In
F/CRIMINAL APPEAL/28091/2025
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RAMESHBHAI KHODABHAI PATEL
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
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Appearance:
MR MANAN B PANDYA(12491) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MS JIRGA JHAVERI APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK
Date : 23/07/2026
ORAL ORDER
The present application is filed by the applicant seeking
condonation of delay of 181 days in preferring the restoration
application.
Considering the averments made in the application, it appears
that the applicant has satisfactorily explained the delay caused in
preferring the application for restoration and accordingly, the
application is allowed. The delay caused in preferring the restoration
application is hereby condoned.
(HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK,J)
V.R. PANCHAL
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: VIJAYKUMAR RAMESHBHAI PANCHAL(HC00171), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 24/07/2026 15:38:45
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