High Court of Gujarat
SAMIR PUNABHAI MANDHARA (SANDHI)versusSTATE OF GUJARAT
- Decided
- Disposal
- 40-WITHDRAWN @ FH
- Bench
- HASMUKH D SUTHAR
Holding
The court allowed the withdrawal of the bail application and disposed of it without examining the merits.
Summary
The petitioner, Samir Punabhai Mandhara, filed a regular bail application before the filing of a chargesheet. During the pendency of the application, the chargesheet was filed and the petitioner, through counsel, sought permission to withdraw the bail application and re‑file it before the appropriate court. The High Court examined the request and, finding no impediment, granted permission to withdraw the application. Consequently, the application was disposed of as withdrawn without any consideration of its merits. No substantive issues on bail were adjudicated.
Issues considered
- Whether a regular bail application filed before the filing of a chargesheet can be withdrawn at the request of the applicant.
Subjects
- regular bail
- withdrawal of application
- chargesheet
- criminal procedure
- procedural law
Judgment
R/CR.MA/17052/2026(GJHC240545122026) ORDER DATED: 21/08/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR REGULAR BAIL - BEFORE
CHARGESHEET) NO. 17052 of 2026
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SAMIR PUNABHAI MANDHARA (SANDHI)
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
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Appearance:
MR VISHVARAJSINH D VAGHELA(13666) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR DG SHUKLA(1998) for the Respondent(s) No. 2
MR HARSHEEL D SHUKLA(6158) for the Respondent(s) No. 2
MS MAITHILI MEHTA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR
Date : 21/08/2026
ORDER
In view of the fact that, during pendency of present application,
chargesheet has been led, learned counsel for the applicant, on
instructions, seeks permission to withdraw present application with a liberty
to le afresh before appropriate Court.
Permission as prayed for is granted.
With above liberty, present application is disposed of as withdrawn
at this stage. This Court has not examined the matter on merit.
(HASMUKH D. SUTHAR,J)
SUCHIT
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: PATEL SUCHIT JAYESHBHAI(HC01083), Private Secretary, at High Court of Gujarat on 21/08/2026 15:28:49
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