{"id":14236,"date":"2011-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/melo-vs-state-on-21-march-2011"},"modified":"2015-12-21T12:27:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T06:57:01","slug":"melo-vs-state-on-21-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/melo-vs-state-on-21-march-2011","title":{"rendered":"Melo vs State on 21 March, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Melo vs State on 21 March, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Ravi R.Tripathi,&amp;Nbsp;Mr.Justice P.P.Bhatt,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nCR.MA\/3799\/2011\t 2\/ 2\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nCRIMINAL\nMISC.APPLICATION No. 3799 of 2011\n \n\nIn\n\n\n \n\nCRIMINAL\nAPPEAL No. 1372 of 2007\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nMELO\n@ MELAJI JERAMJI - Applicant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 1 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nTHROUGH\nJAIL for\nApplicant(s) : 1, \nPUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent(s) : 1, \nNone\nfor Respondent(s) :\n2, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE RAVI R.TRIPATHI\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE P.P.BHATT\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 21\/03\/2011 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE RAVI R.TRIPATHI)<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe<br \/>\npresent application is filed through jail seeking temporary bail for<br \/>\na period of 30 days so as to engage another advocate to represent him<br \/>\nin the pending appeal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRule.\n<\/p>\n<p>Learned APP Mr.Raval waives service of notice of rule on behalf of<br \/>\nthe respondent State.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe<br \/>\nconvict prisoner was granted  furlough in the month of April 2009 and<br \/>\nhe did not report back on expiry of furlough and remained absconding<br \/>\nfor 173 days.  He was lodged back in jail after he was arrested by<br \/>\nthe police.  By now, the convict has undergone 3 years, 6 months and<br \/>\n14 days as on 14.3.2011 against  10 years imprisonment for the<br \/>\noffence punishable under Sections 366, 366 and 376 of IPC.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tFor<br \/>\nthe contents of the application, the application is partly allowed.<br \/>\nThe applicant is ordered to be<br \/>\nreleased on temporary bail for a period of 15<br \/>\ndays from the date of<br \/>\nhis actual release, on his executing a personal<br \/>\nbond of Rs.5,000\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>(Rupees Five Thousand only) to the satisfaction of the jail<br \/>\nauthorities. The convict shall report on every Monday to the nearest<br \/>\nPolice Station. The applicant shall surrender himself to the jail<br \/>\nauthorities on expiry of the temporary bail period.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRule<br \/>\nis made absolute to the aforesaid extent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(RAVI<br \/>\nR.TRIPATHI,J)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(P.P.BHATT,J)<\/p>\n<p>pathan<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Melo vs State on 21 March, 2011 Author: Ravi R.Tripathi,&amp;Nbsp;Mr.Justice P.P.Bhatt,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print CR.MA\/3799\/2011 2\/ 2 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION No. 3799 of 2011 In CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1372 of 2007 ========================================================= MELO @ MELAJI JERAMJI &#8211; Applicant(s) Versus STATE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Melo vs State on 21 March, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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