R/CR.MA/9004/2026 ORDER DATED: 20/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR TEMPORARY BAIL) NO. 9004 of 2026 ========================================================== JESANGBHAI @ GOKABHAI RAMABHAI KATARIYA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MS GAYATRIBA B JADEJA(5152) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 KRUTIK PARIKH APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 20/04/2026 ORAL ORDER 1. Heard the submissions of learned Advocate Ms. Gaytriba B. Jadeja for the Applicant, learned Advocate Mr. Suhel Sheikh for the original complainant, and learned APP for the Respondent – State. Rule, Learned advocates waives service of Rule on behalf of respective parties. 2. The Applicant is before this Court challenging the order passed by the learned 6th Additional Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural), at Viramgam dated 09.04.2026 in Criminal Misc. Application No. 100/2026, whereby the Applicant came to be granted temporary bail for 3 days with a condition that the necessary amount towards police escort charges be deposit as per rules. 3. Learned Advocate Mr. Suhel Sheikh has vehemently opposed the application filed by the Applicant. 4. Learned APP submitted that no error has been committed by the Trial Court while granting temporary bail, more R/CR.MA/9004/2026 ORDER DATED: 20/04/2026 particularly as the Applicant is facing serious offences under Sections 103(1) and 61(2) of the BNS, 2023 read with Section 135 of the GP Act. 5. Considering the averments made in the application as well as the reasons assigned by the Trial Court, the impugned order dated 09.04.2026 passed by the learned Sessions Court, Viramgam in Criminal Misc. Application No. 100/2026 is modified to the extent that the Applicant shall be required to deposit an amount of Rs. 1,50,000/- before the learned Trial Court prior to release for three days, and the condition of police escort and deposit of the necessary amount is modified to the aforesaid extent. 6. It is further directed that upon surrender of the Applicant before the jail authority, the amount deposited by the Applicant shall be returned to the Applicant/his wife after due verification, and other conditions as imposed in the impugned order shall remain continued. 7. In view of the above, the captioned application is partly allowed. (P. M. RAVAL, J) MMP Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: MAHENDRA MOHANBHAI PUROHIT(HCD0074), ENGLISH STENOGRAPHER GRADE TWO CLASS TWO, at High Court of Gujarat on 20/04/2026 17:53:49