High Court of Gujarat

KARSHAN KHAMISHA KOLIversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 38-RULE ABSOLUTE/ALLOWED @ FH
Bench: SANJEEV THAKER

Holding

The court exercised its discretion and granted parole for seven days on the condition of a personal bond.

Summary

Karshan Khamisha Koli filed a Special Criminal Application for parole leave to enable filing an appeal. The Additional Public Prosecutor waived service of notice on behalf of the State. The Gujarat High Court considered the application, the ground cited, and jail remarks, and exercised its discretion in favor of the petitioner. The court partially allowed the petition, ordering the petitioner’s release on parole for seven days upon furnishing a personal bond of Rs.10,000. The petitioner must surrender to the jail authority at the end of the parole period.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner is entitled to parole leave pending the filing of an appeal

Subjects

parolespecial criminal applicationdiscretionpersonal bondGujarat High Court

Judgment

      R/SCR.A/9721/2026                                     ORDER DATED: 10/07/2026




             IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

     R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION (PAROLE LEAVE) NO. 9721 of
                               2026

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                          KARSHAN KHAMISHA KOLI
                                   Versus
                          STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
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Appearance:
THROUGH JAIL for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR NIRAJ SHARMA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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 CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

                                 Date : 10/07/2026

                                  ORAL ORDER


1.      This petition, through jail, is filed by the petitioner

seeking parole leave            on the ground to file an appeal.



2.      Rule.         Learned     Additional       Public    Prosecutor        waives

service of notice of rule on behalf of the respondent – State.



3.      Considering       the     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 partly allowed.

The petitioner is ordered to be released on parole for a

period of seven days from the date of his/her actual release



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        R/SCR.A/9721/2026                                                               ORDER DATED: 10/07/2026




on furnishing a personal bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten

Thousand) to the 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)
M.H. DAVE/24

Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: MAHESHKUMAR HASMUKHLAL DAVE(HC00193), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 10/07/2026 14:08:42




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