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HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT
SVP
STATE OF GUJARAT – Appellant
Versus
MEHULKUMAR NAVINCHANDRA PATEL – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(S.V. PINTO, J.)
1. This appeal has been filed by the appellant- State under Section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgement and order of acquittal passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Court No. 15, Ahmedabad , (hereinafter referred to as "the learned Trial Court") in Sessions Case No. 474 of 2006 on 06.07.2009, whereby, the learned Trial Court has acquitted the respondents for the offence punishable under Sections 498-A, 306 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) as well as Sections 3 and 7 of the The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Dowry Act, for short).
1.1] The respondents are hereinafter referred to as “the accused” in the rank and file as they stood in the original case for the sake of convenience, clarity and brevity.
2. The brief facts that emerge from the record of the case are as under:
2.1] Accused No. 1 Mehulkumar Navinchandra Patel was married to Pratikshaben Pravichandra Patel on 22-04-2002 as per the customs of their caste and the accused Nos. 2 and 3 are the father-in-law and mother-in-law respectively, the accused No. 4 and 5 are the sisters- in-law, and the accused No. 6 is the brother-in-la
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