High Court of Gujarat

HANSARAJBHAI SANDHABHAI PAGIversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 28-REJECTED @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: SANJEEV THAKER

Holding

The petition for parole leave was rejected.

Summary

Hansarabhai Sandhabbhai Pagi filed a Special Criminal Application seeking parole leave to challenge a 2013 order before the Apex Court. The jail records showed that the petitioner had been released multiple times and, after a release on 5 July 2016, absconded for 2,409 days. No justifiable reason for the parole was provided. The Court found that the petitioner had not made a case for parole and therefore rejected the application. The order was directed to be communicated to the jail authority.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner is entitled to parole leave to pursue a challenge before the Apex Court

Subjects

parolespecial criminal applicationabscondinghigh courtcriminal procedure

Judgment

    R/SCR.A/12214/2026(GJHC240633582026)                                          ORDER DATED: 20/08/2026




                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

     R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION (PAROLE LEAVE) NO. 12214 of
                               2026

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                             HANSARAJBHAI SANDHABHAI PAGI
                                         Versus
                                STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
  ==========================================================
  Appearance:
  THROUGH JAIL for the Applicant(s) No. 1
  MR. VINAY VISHEN, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
  ==========================================================

     CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

                                            Date : 20/08/2026

                                              ORAL ORDER

  1.       This petition, through jail, is filed by the petitioner

  seeking parole leave to enable the applicant to challenged the

  order passed on 10.05.2013, before the Apex Court.

  2.       The jail remarks indicate that the petitioner has been

  released on multiple occasions, and the jail remarks also

  shows         that       upon        being        released          vide      an       order       dated

  05.07.2016,             the       petitioner           absconded             for       2409         days.

  Furthermore, no justifiable reasons for the parole have been

  stated. Considering the same, no case is made out.                                                    The

  petition is rejected, accordingly.


  3.       Registry to communicate this order to the concerned jail

  authority.


                                                                           (SANJEEV J.THAKER,J)
  ADITYA SINGH/66
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: ADITYA SINGH(HC02376), ENGLISH STENO GRADE-II\, at High Court of Gujarat on 20/08/2026 14:12:32


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