High Court of Gujarat

TALUKA HEALTH OFFICER AND APPROPRIATE AUTHORITYversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 53-ALLOWED / GRANTED @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: HEMANT M PRACHCHHAK

Holding

The Court held that leave to appeal should be granted.

Summary

The Taluka Health Officer filed a criminal miscellaneous application seeking leave to appeal against a criminal appeal. The High Court considered the submissions and the averments made in the application. The Court granted leave to appeal, thereby disposing of the miscellaneous application. In the criminal appeal, the Additional Public Prosecutor and the accused's counsel waived service of notice of admission, resulting in the admission of the appeal. The order was signed by Justice Hemant M. Prachchak and recorded on 21 July 2026.

Issues considered

Whether leave to appeal should be granted in the present criminal miscellaneous application

Subjects

leave to appealcriminal appealadmission of appealhigh court order

Judgment

         R/CR.MA/1273/2025                                                                 ORDER DATED: 21/07/2026




               IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

  R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL) NO.
                           1273 of 2025
                                 In
                 R/CRIMINAL APPEAL/1695/2026
                                With
             R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1695 of 2026
 ==========================================
       TALUKA HEALTH OFFICER AND APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY
                               Versus
                     STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
 ==========================================
 Appearance:
 MS RV ACHARYA(1124) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
 MR NIKHILESH J SHAH(3007) for the Respondent(s) No. 2
 MS JYOTI BHATT APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
 ==========================================
   CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK
                         Date : 21/07/2026
                            ORAL ORDER

 ORDER IN CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION:

            Heard learned counsel appearing for the respective parties.

 Considering the submissions and the averments made in the
 application, leave to appeal is granted. The application stands
 disposed of accordingly.

 ORDER IN CRIMINAL APPEAL:

            ADMIT. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor waives service of
 notice of admission on behalf of respondent – State of Gujarat and
 learned counsel waives service of notice of admission on behalf of
 respondent - accused.

                                                                       (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 22/07/2026 17:09:57


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