Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Man Booked For Extorting Complainant With AI-Generated 'Defamatory Videos'

The Gujarat High Court has granted bail to a man booked for extorting the complainant by threatening of creating defamatory videos against him using Artificial Intelligence. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 189]

It was alleged that the applicant and the co-accused persons entered into a criminal conspiracy, collected confidential information relating to the complainant and the witness, and by using Artificial Intelligence created defamatory videos to extort money from them. It was alleged that the accused persons demanded an amount of Rs. 23,00,000/- from the complainant. 

Justice Hasmukh D Suthar in his order noted that investigation was over and charge-sheet was filed. The court noted that the applicant had been behind  bars since January 2026 and there was nothing to be recovered or discovered from the applicant.

It also noted that the Co-accused persons having similarly situated role had been enlarged on regular bail and therefore on the ground of parity also the petition deserved consideration.

The applicant also produced an undertaking stating that he shall remain available as and when called upon by the Investigating Agency for the voice spectrograph test and shall fully cooperate with the investigation. The court further noted that the commencement and conclusion of trial will take its own time.

"In the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the nature of the allegations made against the applicant in the FIR, without discussing the evidence in detail, prima facie, this Court is of the opinion that this is a fit case to exercise the discretion and enlarge the applicant on regular bail. Hence, the present application is allowed," the court directed. 

The court granted bail to the applicant on him executing a personal bond of Rs.25,000 with one surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial Court and subject to certain conditions. 

Case title: VISHAL @KANO HEMANTBHAI KANSAGARA (AS PER ORDER) v/s  STATE OF GUJARAT

R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR REGULAR BAIL - AFTER CHARGESHEET) NO. 12421 of 2026

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Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 189