MAYUR DINESHBHAI BARASARA vs GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT Advocate - APP — 469/2025

Summary The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Viramgam granted the petitioner's application under Section 497 BNSS to recover a mobile phone seized by police. The court found the petitioner was the lawful owner (based on bill evidence), the phone is essential for daily use, and no other party claimed it or objected to its return. The court ordered temporary custody of the phone be handed to the petitioner upon furnishing a bond equivalent to 1.5 times the phone's value, with conditions that the phone not be transferred, must be produced on demand, and photographs be submitted to the court. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.