R/CR.MA/21229/2025 ORDER DATED: 16/10/2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR MODIFICATION ORDERS) NO. 21229 of 2025 ========================================================== SNEHALBHAI RAVJIBHAI PATEL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ========================================================== Appearance: MR HR PRAJAPATI(674) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR. NIRAJ SHARMA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI Date : 16/10/2025 ORAL ORDER 1. The present application is filed by the applicant seeking modification of Condition Nos.6(c) and 6(d) imposed by this Court vide Order dated 08.11.2023 passed in Criminal Misc. Application No.19947 of 2023 (Coram : Hon’ble Ms. Justice S. V. Pinto) while ordering to enlarge the applicant on bail. Vide aforesaid conditions, the applicant was required to surrender his passport before the Lower Court and not leave territory of India without permission of the Sessions Judge concerned. 2. Rule. Learned APP waives service of notice of Rule on behalf of the Respondent – State. 3. The learned Advocate for the applicant submits that the applicant is working as a managing director with a company and he is frequently required to travel abroad for his official work. He, therefore, submitted that the aforesaid conditions be suspended for a suitable period to enable the applicant to undertake travel. He has further submitted that the coordinate bench vide order dated 25.09.2025 passed in Criminal Misc. Application No.19955 of 2025 has R/CR.MA/21229/2025 ORDER DATED: 16/10/2025 extended the relaxation to the co-accused. He has further submitted that accused has already deposited Rs.1 lakh to the court concerned and in support thereof he has referred the order passed by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Ankleshwar. He has further submitted that the said amount has not been withdrawn by the petitioner. 4. Per contra, Learned APP has opposed the present application contending that looking to the nature of offence, this Court may not exercise the discretion in favour of the applicant and the Application may be dismissed. 5. Heard learned Advocates for the parties. Having regard to the cause shown in the application, the conditions in question are ordered to be suspended for a period of One year. The applicant shall deposit the amount of Rs.1 lakh before the concerned Court. Upon deposit of the said amount, the passport of the applicant shall be returned to the applicant. If the amount has already been deposited by the applicant and the same has not been withdrawn, the same shall be considered as deposition of amount, as ordered by this Court. The amount of Rs.1 lakh which will be deposited by the applicant, shall be refunded to him upon resurrender of his passport. During the said period, the applicant is also permitted to travel abroad. However, before traveling the applicant shall furnish detailed travel itinerary to the concerned Court. 6. Rule is made absolute to the aforesaid condition. Direct service permitted. (R. T. VACHHANI, J) NITIN MAKWANA Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: NITIN INDRAVADAN MAKWANA(HCW0110), ENGLISH STENOGRAPHER GRADE I, at High Court of Gujarat on 16/10/2025 17:01:27