Yash Girish Kalani v. State Of Maharashtra
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPLICATION NO. 1062 OF 2025 Yash Girish Kalani ..Applicant
Versus
State of Maharashtra
...Respondent
Adv Mallika Sharma, with Ayaz Khan, Dilip Mishra and Zehra Charania, for the Applicant.
Mr. D.J. Haldankar, APP, for the Respondent.
Mr. Khandagale, API, ANC, Bandra Unit present.
CORAM:
N. J. JAMADAR, J.
DATE :
7th MAY 2026 P.C.:
1.
Heard the learned Counsel for the parties.
2.
This is an Application for modification of the conditions of bail granted to the Applicant in Bail Application No. 1201 of 2020 in NDPS ARUN RAMCHANDRA SANKPAL ARUN RAMCHANDRA SANKPAL Date: 2026.05.07 19:28:11 +0530 Remand Application No. 850 of 2020.
3.
By the said order, the learned Special Judge has inter alia imposed the following conditions:
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7. The Applicant shall surrender his passport if any to the investigating officer.
ARS 1/2
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8. The applicant shall not leave Mumbai without permission of the Court."
4.
The learned Counsel for the Applicant submits that the Applicant is engaged in the business of export of perishable goods. The Applicant is required to frequently travel abroad in connection with the said business. The process of obtaining the permission of the Trial Court every time the Applicant is required to travel abroad is time consuming and, at times, the Applicant has lost the business opportunities. 5.
The Court finds that the bail order was passed in the year 2020. The Applicant has thereafter travelled abroad on a number of occasions albeit with the permission of the Court. It is not the case that the Applicant has committed breach of the conditions imposed by the Court. The Applicant appears to have roots in society to bring him back to India.
6.
In these circumstances and having regard to the time that has elapsed since the grant of bail, the conditions to surrender the passport and not leave Mumbai without permission of the Court, operate onerously. Thus, the Application stands allowed. 7.
Conditions 7 and 8, extracted above, stand relaxed. [N. J. JAMADAR, J.] ARS 2/2