IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION (HABEAS CORPUS) NO. 5135 of

2026 ==========================================================

HITESHBHAI HARSHADBHAI VANTIYA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR. UMANG S MALKIYA(19502) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE SANGEETA K. VISHEN and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS Date : 22/04/2026

ORAL ORDER

(PER : HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE SANGEETA K. VISHEN)

Captioned writ petition is filed, seeking direction to the respondent to produce the corpus – respondent no.6 – Aartiben Hiteshbhai Vantiya before this Court.

2. Mr Umang S. Malkiya, learned advocate with Mr G.K.Parmar, learned advocate for the petitioner, have jointly submitted that the corpus, is illegally detained by the respondent no.4 and hence, the captioned writ petition. It is submitted that the corpus, is legally wedded wife of the petitioner which fact, is strengthened by the documents placed on record, namely, the wedding invitation card and the photographs. When the re