High Court of Gujarat

GHANSHYAMBHAI KALUBHAI BHIKHABHAI SOLANKIversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 40-WITHDRAWN @ FH
Bench: HASMUKH D SUTHAR

Holding

The application for successive regular bail was withdrawn and the matter disposed of without consideration of its merits.

Summary

The applicant, Ghanshyambhai Kalubhai Bhikhabhai Solanki, filed a criminal miscellaneous application seeking successive regular bail after the filing of a chargesheet. During the hearing, the applicant's counsel requested permission to withdraw the application and asked the trial court to expedite the pending trial. The High Court granted permission to withdraw the application, disposed of it as withdrawn, and directed the trial court to conduct the trial on a day‑to‑day basis, recalling an earlier order that had also urged expeditious disposal. The court emphasized that it had not examined the merits of the bail application. Both the public prosecutor and the accused’s counsel were instructed to cooperate with the trial court for early disposal.

Issues considered

What procedural steps are required to withdraw a criminal miscellaneous application for bail after a chargesheet has been filed?
Whether the High Court can direct the trial court to expedite the trial proceedings in the absence of a merits determination.

Subjects

bailchargesheettrial expeditious disposalwithdrawal of applicationcriminal procedure

Judgment

       R/CR.MA/3606/2026                                                       ORDER DATED: 27/02/2026




 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
 R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR SUCCESSIVE REGULAR BAIL -
              AFTER CHARGESHEET) NO. 3606 of 2026
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         GHANSHYAMBHAI KALUBHAI BHIKHABHAI SOLANKI
                               Versus
                        STATE OF GUJARAT
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Appearance:
MS JEMINI S PATEL(10140) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MS DHWANI TRIPATHI, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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  CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR

                                         Date : 27/02/2026
                                           ORAL ORDER


         After arguing for some time, when the Court was not
inclined, learned advocate for the applicant seeks permission to
withdraw the present application however, has requested to
direct the learned trial Court to expedite the trial.
         Permission as sought for is granted. Present application is
disposed of as withdrawn. Learned trial Court is directed to
expedite the trial on day to day basis since earlier also, in the
proceedings of CR.MA No.16097/2023, vide order dated
19.12.2024, this Court directed the learned trial Court to
expedite however, till date trial is not concluded and is moving at
snail’s pace. Learned Public Prosecutor as well as learned
advocate appearing for accused are directed to cooperate the
trial Court in early disposal of the trial. It is made clear that this
Court has not gone into the merits of the case.


                                                                  (HASMUKH D. SUTHAR, J.)
Ajay
   Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
   Digitally signed by: AJAY CHANDRAN MENON(HC00939), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 27/02/2026 15:34:28



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