IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (REGULAR BAIL) NO. 1 of 2026 In R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2462 of 2025 ==========================================================

MAHESHJI @ BOBO HEMAJI PARBATJI THAKOR Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR AVANIDHAR M THAKORE(10377) for the PETITIONER(s) No. 1 NOTICE SERVED for the RESPONDENT(s) No. 2 MS SHRUTI PATHAK APP for the RESPONDENT No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI Date : 10/04/2026

IA ORDER

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA)

1. Rule. Learned APP waives service of Rule on behalf of respondent State. By consent, Rule is fixed forthwith.

2. By way of this application under Section 430 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, applicant, seeks suspension of sentence awarded to him by the Sessions Court concerned for the offence punishable under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 4 & 6 of Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act.

3. The present appeal and the application for suspension of sentence arise from