Overview
- Justice H.D. Suthar granted the extension after the couple reported their IVF process could not be completed within the earlier window.
- The order mandates return to custody as soon as the period expires, with the court recording that no further extension will be granted.
- Jayendra Damor was first released on October 16 to accompany Sejal Bariya for procedures, and both returned to court on October 28 to seek more time.
- The court cited humanitarian and medical grounds and described the plea as deserving of sympathetic consideration, with filings referencing prior consultations in Dahod.
- Damor and Bariya are serving life sentences for the 2010 murder of Bariya’s former boyfriend, Pinakin Patel, following their 2013 convictions by a Godhra sessions court.