Bombay High Court
RATNAMALA ALIAS GAURI BHAGWAN WADGHULEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The court modified clause ‘F’ to accept a ration card and school leaving certificate in place of Aadhar and PAN cards.
Summary
The applicant, Ratnamala @ Gauri Bhagwan Waghule, filed a bail application and subsequently sought modification of clause ‘F’ of the court's earlier order dated 07.05.2026, which required the production of an Aadhar card and PAN card as identity proof. Counsel highlighted that the applicant is a poor woman residing in a rural area and does not possess those documents, but does have a ration card and a school leaving certificate. The court considered the difficulty faced by the applicant in obtaining the specified documents. It allowed the modification, substituting the requirement of Aadhar and PAN cards with a ration card and school leaving certificate. The application was disposed of after the amendment.
Issues considered
- Whether the requirement of Aadhar and PAN cards in the bail order can be modified to alternative documents in view of the applicant's inability to produce them
Subjects
- bail
- identification documents
- modification of order
- poverty
- rural residence
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:21891
CRAPPLN 1902 26.odt
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1902 OF 2026
IN
BAIL APPLICATION NO. 909 OF 2025
WITH
CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1832 OF 2026
RATNAMALA @ GAURI BHAGWAN WAGHULE
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHAASHTRA
…
Advocate for Applicant : Mr. Deshpande Priyanka R.
APP for Respondent/State : Mr. S.A. Gaikwad
...
CORAM : SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J.
VACATION COURT
DATE : 18.05.2026
PER COURT :
By way of this application, learned counsel for the applicant seeks
modification of clause No. ‘F’ of the operative part of the order passed by
this Court on 07.05.2026. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that
the applicant is a poor lady and residing in rural area and she does not
possess Aadhar card and PAN Card. He further submits that the applicant is
having ration card and school leaving certificate.
2. Considering the difficulty pointed out by the learned counsel for the
applicant, I am inclined to allow this application. Clause ‘F’ of the order
dated 07.05.2026, is modified as under:
“Instead of ‘Aadhar and pan cards’, it should be mentioned
as ‘ration card and school leaving certificate”.
3. The Criminal Application is disposed of.
( SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J.)
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