High Court of Gujarat

RAMJIBHAI DHANABHAI SOLANKIversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 44-PARTLY ALLOWED @ FH
Bench: P M RAVAL

Holding

The Court granted temporary bail for 10 days with a personal bond and reporting conditions.

Summary

The applicant, Ramjibhai Dhanabhai Solanki, filed a criminal miscellaneous application seeking temporary bail for 15 days on the ground of financial assistance to his family. The Additional Public Prosecutor waived service of notice on behalf of the State. The Court examined the applicant's claim and noted that he was last released from jail in 2023, indicating a prior record of compliance. Exercising its discretion, the Court granted temporary bail for a period of 10 days, subject to a personal bond of Rs.10,000 and conditions of reporting to the nearest police station every alternate day and surrendering at the end of the bail period. The order was made absolute, allowing direct service of the rule.

Issues considered

Whether temporary bail should be granted on the ground of financial hardship to the applicant's family.

Subjects

temporary bailcriminal procedurefinancial hardshipdiscretionpersonal bondpolice reporting

Judgment

     R/CR.MA/7570/2026                          ORDER DATED: 02/04/2026




     IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD


     R/CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION (FOR TEMPORARY
                  BAIL) NO. 7570 of 2026

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            RAMJIBHAI DHANABHAI SOLANKI
                            Versus
                 STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
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Appearance:
MR MOHITSINH A. JADEJA for MR LAXMANSINH M
ZALA(5787) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
PARIMALSINH J VAGHELA(8455) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR ROHAN SHAH, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL

                          Date : 02/04/2026

                           ORAL ORDER


1.     Present application has been filed by the applicant seeking
temporary bail for 15 days on the ground of financial assistance to
his family.


2.     Rule. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor waives service
of notice of rule on behalf of the respondent – State.


3.     Having heard and considering the averments made in the
application, more particularly, the ground mentioned therein, as



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            R/CR.MA/7570/2026                                                             ORDER DATED: 02/04/2026




     well as considering the jail remarks from which it appears that the
     applicant was lastly released in 2023, this Court is inclined to
     exercise discretion in favour of the present applicant.


     4.         The application, therefore, succeeds and is allowed in part.
     The applicant is ordered to be released on temporary bail for a
     period of 10 days from the date of his actual release on his
     furnishing a personal bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand)
     to the satisfaction of the concerned jail authority on usual terms
     and with a further condition that the applicant shall mark
     presence before the nearest police station every alternate day and
     that the applicant shall surrender to the jail authority on expiry of
     the temporary bail period forthwith.


     4.1        Rule is made absolute accordingly.                                           Direct service is
     permitted.


                                                                                                [ P. M. Raval, J. ]
     hiren/11tss2426




Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: HIREN VIRENDRABHAI MER(HC00351), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 02/04/2026 14:16:17


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