The applicant, Abdulrauf Najirmahammad Vohra, an RTO agent, sought regular bail before the Gujarat High Court in connection with an FIR registered at B-Division Police Station, Rajkot, for offences of forgery, using forged documents, and criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code. The allegation against him was that he facilitated co-accused persons in the transfer and re-registration of a Kia Carnival car by processing and submitting forged documents before RTO authorities, with no other specific overt act attributed to him. The Court noted that the substantial part of the investigation was over, the applicant had been in custody since 04 June 2024, nothing remained to be recovered from him, and co-accused with a similarly situated role had already been granted bail. Relying on the principles laid down in Sanjay Chandra v. CBI and Gudikanti Narasimhulu v. Public Prosecutor, and the constitutional guarantee of personal liberty under Article 21, the Court held that bail is the rule and jail is the exception, and that prolonged pre-trial detention amounts to pre-trial conviction. The application was accordingly allowed, and the applicant was ordered to be released on a personal bond of Rs. 25,000 with one surety of the like amount, subject to several conditions.