High Court of Gujarat

DHRUVBHAI NANJIBHAI DAMORversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 53-ALLOWED / GRANTED @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: SANJEEV THAKER

Holding

The court allowed the parole application, granting fourteen days of parole on condition of a personal bond.

Summary

The petitioner, Dhruvbai Nanjibhai Damor, filed a special criminal application seeking parole leave of 30 days to settle matrimonial issues and arrange payment of maintenance. The State, represented by Ms. Shruti Pathak, waived service of notice. The court examined the grounds and the jail remarks and exercised its discretion in favor of the petitioner. It granted parole for a period of fourteen days, subject to the petitioner furnishing a personal bond of Rs.10,000 on usual terms and conditions. The petitioner must surrender to the jail authority at the expiry of the parole period, and the order was made absolute.

Issues considered

Whether parole should be granted to the petitioner on the grounds of matrimonial issues and pending maintenance obligations

Subjects

parolespecial criminal applicationmaintenancematrimonial issuesdiscretionpersonal bondprison authority

Judgment

      R/SCR.A/5288/2026                            ORDER DATED: 20/04/2026




             IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

     R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION (PAROLE LEAVE) NO. 5288 of
                               2026

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                          DHRUVBHAI NANJIBHAI DAMOR
                                    Versus
                           STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
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Appearance:
THROUGH JAIL for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MS SHRUTI PATHAK, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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     CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

                               Date : 20/04/2026

                                 ORAL ORDER


1.      This petition, through jail, is filed by the petitioner seeking
parole leave for 30 days on the ground of settling the matrimonial
issues and also arrange for payment of maintenance amount.


2.      Rule. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor waives service
of notice of rule on behalf of the respondent – State.


3.      Considering application, more particularly, the ground
mentioned therein as well as the jail remarks, this Court is inclined
to exercise discretion in favour of the present petitioner.


4.      The petition, therefore, succeeds and is allowed in part. The
petitioner is ordered to be released on parole for a period of
fourteen days from the date of his actual release on his furnishing
a personal bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) to the


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          R/SCR.A/5288/2026                                                                  ORDER DATED: 20/04/2026




   satisfaction of the concerned jail authority on usual terms and
   conditions, with a direction that the petitioner shall surrender to
   the jail authority on expiry of the parole leave period forthwith.
   Rule is made absolute accordingly.


   4.1        Registry to communicate this order to the concerned jail
   authority, forthwith.



                                                                                          (SANJEEV J.THAKER,J)
   SRILATHA




Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: SRILATHA VENKATARAO UPADHYAYULA(HC00185), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 20/04/2026 15:33:46




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