Gujarat High Court Grants Temporary Bail To Narayan Sai To Meet His Ailing Father Asharam Bapu
The Gujarat High Court granted temporary bail for a period of five days to Narayan Sai on humanitarian grounds to meet his ailing father Asharam Bapu.
Narayan Sai is currently serving rigorous imprisonment for life at Lajpore Central Jail, Surat.
The Division Bench of Justice Ilesh J. Vora and Justice P.M. Raval observed, “Having regard to the peculiar facts and circumstances and grounds urged in the application as well as in the form of submissions and the fact that applicant convict is in jail since 2013 and on earlier occasion, when he was released on temporary bail with police surveillance, no any untoward incident reported, thus, therefore, on humanitarian ground, considering the medical condition of the father of the convict, who is also convicted by the Gandhinagar and Jodhpur Sessions Court, for the offence of rape and presently, serving his sentence for life and since the arrest of the applicant-convict and his father, there was no occasion for both to meet personally because of their different jail, we inclined to exercise our judicial discretion releasing the applicant – convict on temporary bail for a period of 5 (five) days from the date of his release, with Police Surveillance (Japta), the cost of Japta to be borne by the convict.”
Senior Advocate Shalini Mehta appeared for the Applicant, while Advocates Nandish Thakkar and L B Dabhi appeared for Respondents.
Case Brief
The Applicant, Narayan Sai, was convicted for the offences under Sections 376(2)(f), (k), (n), 377, 354, 323, 504, 506(2) of IPC in 2019 and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life.
The Applicant filed a bail application seeking temporary bail for a fifteen days to meet his ailing father, Asharam Bapu. It was submitted that the Applicant’s father is highly critical and has suffered various heart attacks.
The Respondent contended that the Applicant’s conduct is not good and if the applicant be released, there would be a likelihood of breach of public law and order situation.
Court’s Reasoning
The Gujarat High Court granted temporary bail to Narayan Sai on humanitarian grounds with directions that the Applicant shall not meet his followers or followers of his father in a group. It was also directed that he will be in surveillance of the officials, who shall facilitate the meeting between the Applicant and his father.
Accordingly, the Court allowed the Bail Application.
Cause Title: Narayan Sai V. State of Gujarat
Appearance:
Applicant: Senior Advocate Shalini Mehta, Advocates Raajen D Jadhav, Ashush M Dagli
Respondents: Advocate LB Dhabi (APP) for Respondent No. 1
Advocates Nandish Thakkar and Bhagirath N Patel for Respondent No. 2
