NAVABKHAN HUSENKHAN PATHANversusSTATE OF GUJARAT
- Disposal
- 58-RULE ISSUED & RULE ABSOLUTE/ALLOWED @FH
Holding
The Court allowed parole for 21 days on the condition of a Rs.25,000 personal bond with two sureties and specific reporting requirements.
Summary
Navabkhan Huseinkhan Pathan applied for a 30‑day parole leave. The High Court, after considering the applicant’s grounds and the case circumstances, exercised its discretion in his favour. The Court granted parole for 21 days, requiring a personal bond of Rs.25,000 with two sureties of the same amount, and imposed conditions that the applicant not enter the local limits of Mahuva Police Station except to mark his presence, must mark his presence daily, and surrender to jail authorities at the end of the parole period. The Court refused any reduction of the bond amount and barred any further extension of parole. The order was made absolute.
Issues considered
- Whether the applicant is entitled to parole leave
- Appropriate duration of parole
- Whether the personal bond amount can be reduced
- Conditions to be imposed on parole
Subjects
Judgment
R/SCR.A/1048/2026 ORDER DATED: 27/01/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION (PAROLE LEAVE) NO. 1048 of
2026
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NAVABKHAN HUSENKHAN PATHAN
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
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Appearance:
THROUGH JAIL for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR.DHAWAN JAISWAL, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE UTKARSH THAKORBHAI
DESAI
Date : 27/01/2026
ORAL ORDER
1. The present application is filed by the Applicant for
enlarging him on Parole leave for a period of 30 days on the
ground mentioned in the application.
2. Rule returnable forthwith. Learned APP waives service
of Rule on behalf of the Respondent State.
3. Having considered the ground mentioned in the
Application and considering the facts and circumstance of the
case, this Court is inclined to exercise discretion in favour of
the applicant.
4. The application is partly allowed. The Applicant is
ordered to be released on Parole Leave for a period of 21 days
from the date of actual release, upon furnishing a personal
bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only)
with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the
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R/SCR.A/1048/2026 ORDER DATED: 27/01/2026
jail authority and on the condition that the applicant shall not
enter within the local limits of Mahuva Police Station except
for marking presence and on a condition that the applicant
shall mark his presence daily before the concerned police
station and on a further condition that the Applicant shall
surrender to the Jail authorities on expiry of the Parole period.
5. This Court shall not entertain application for reduction
of amount of personal bond and surety.
6. The application is allowed in the aforesaid terms. It is
hereby clarified that no further extension shall be granted.
Rule is made absolute.
(UTKARSH THAKORBHAI DESAI, J)
ANKIT SHAH
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: ANKIT PRADIPKUMAR SHAH(HC01063), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 28/01/2026 11:03:57
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