High Court of Gujarat
MOHAMMAD SHEHROJ @RONAK MOHAMMAD SALAUDDIN MOHAMMAD NASHARRUDDIN ANSARIversusSTATE OF GUJARAT
- Disposal
- 53-ALLOWED / GRANTED @ ADM.STAGE
- Bench
- S V PINTO
Holding
The delay of 341 days is condoned and the appeal is deemed to have been filed.
Summary
The petitioners filed an application seeking condonation of a 341‑day delay in preferring Criminal Appeal No. 52363 of 2025 against the State of Gujarat. The Additional Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the State, waived service of the rule. The court examined the explanations offered for the delay and found them satisfactory. Consequently, the court held that the delay warranted condonation. The application was allowed, the appeal was deemed filed, and the rule was made absolute.
Issues considered
- Whether a delay of 341 days in filing a criminal appeal can be condoned under procedural law
Subjects
condonation of delaycriminal appealprocedural lawhigh court order
Judgment
R/CR.MA/27640/2025 ORDER DATED: 05/01/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY) NO.
27640 of 2025
In F/CRIMINAL APPEAL/52363/2025
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MOHAMMAD SHEHROJ @RONAK MOHAMMAD SALAUDDIN
MOHAMMAD NASHARRUDDIN ANSARI
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT
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Appearance:
DUSHYANT M BHATT(7266) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MS. C.M.SHAH, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO
Date : 05/01/2026
ORAL ORDER
Leave to amend. Necessary amendment shall be carried out
forthwith.
RULE. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor appears and
waives service of rule for and on behalf of the respondent-State.
Heard learned advocate Mr.Dushyant M. Bhatt appearing for
the applicant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor Ms.
C.M.Shah for the respondent No. 1 – State.
This application has been filed by the present applicant
seeking condonation of delay of 341 days, which had occurred in
preferring F/Criminal Appeal No. 52363 of 2025.
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R/CR.MA/27640/2025 ORDER DATED: 05/01/2026
Having heard learned advocates appearing for the parties,
and having gone through the averments made in this application
as well as those made out before this Court, delay of 341 days,
which had occurred in preferring F/Criminal Appeal No. 52363 of
2025 appears to have been sufficiently explained. Accordingly, the
delay of 341 days deserves to be condoned.
Accordingly, the present application stands allowed and
disposed of. The delay of 341 days, which had occurred in
preferring F/Criminal Appeal No. 52363 of 2025 is hereby
condoned. Rule is made absolute.
(S. V. PINTO,J)
VVM
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: VISHAL VISHNUPRASAD MISHRA(HC01088), STENO GR II, at High Court of Gujarat on 05/01/2026 16:30:23
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