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NEUTRAL CITATION

R/CR.MA/1630/2026 ORDER DATED: 23/03/2026

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR REGULAR BAIL - BEFORE CHARGESHEET) NO. 1630 of 2026

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TARABEN W/O BHIKHUBHAI PADHIYAR Versus

STATE OF GUJARAT ==========================================================

Appearance:

VISHAL K ANANDJIWALA(7798) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR ADITYA JADEJA ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent(s)

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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIKHIL S. KARIEL

Date : 23/03/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. Heard learned advocate Mr. Yash Gupta for learned advocate Mr.Vishal Anandjiwala appearing on behalf of the applicant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor Mr. Aditya

Jadeja appearing on behalf of the respondent-State.

2. Rule. Learned APP waives service of rule on behalf of the respondent-State.

3. The applicant has filed this application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for enlarging the applicant on Regular Bail in connection with FIR being

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C.R. No. 11215003250495 of 2025 registered with Anklav Police Station, District: Anand for the offence punishable under

Sections 103(1), 66(1), 238 of the BNS Act.

4. Learned advocate for the applicant would submit that considering the role attributed to the applicant, and nature of the allegation levelled, the applicant may be enlarged on regular bail. It is further contended that the applicant is ready and willing to abide by all the conditions that may be imposed

by this Court if released on bail.

5. As against the same, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent – State has vehemently objected to the grant of regular bail. Learned APP has submitted that looking to the nature of offence and the role attributed to the present applicant, this Court may not exercise the discretion in

favour of the applicant and the application may be dismissed.

6. I have heard learned advocates appearing on behalf of the respective parties and perused the papers. Following

aspects are considered:-

i. Allegation being very serious that the accused had done away with the deceased.

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ii. Prima faice, it would appear that the entire case proceeds on the statement of the accused themselves.

iii.The FIR mentioning that the accused had confessed before the police officials that the accused had conspired to kill the deceased and whereas, in furtherance of such conspiracy, the accused had made sure that the deceased got electrocuted and then the dead body of the deceased was placed near the agricultural field of a witness named one Kapleshbhai, to mislead the investigators, more particularly, to show that the electrocution happened near

the electric fencing of the field of Kalpleshbhai.

iv. It also appears that the investigation also proceeds on the basis of the confessional statement of witness, more particularly, even the statement of Kalpeshbhai proceeds on the basis of an information allegedly given by the present applicant and her son atleast 10 days prior to the incident that the applicant-accused, are intending to do away with the deceased and they would be placing live wires near their agricultural field and Kalpeshbhai was warned not to

come over the said portion.

v. It would appear in this regard that except for the so called confessional statement and the so called statement of the present applicant to the other witnesses, it does not

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