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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
S.V. PINTO
State of Gujarat – Appellant
Versus
Arjanji Mavjiji Thakore – Respondent
| Table of Content |
|---|
| 1. incident of assault (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. prosecution's claim (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. defense's position (Para 6) |
| 4. scope of interference (Para 7) |
| 5. general principles (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 6. trial court's findings (Para 11) |
| 7. appeal outcome (Para 12 , 13) |
JUDGMENT :
1.1 The respondents are hereinafter referred to as “the accused” as they stood in the original case for the sake of convenience, clarity and brevity.
2.1 On 28.09.2008, the complainant - Narsinhbhai Vahjibhai Parmar (Chamar) was at his home at around 07.30 pm and at that time, the accused came in their jeep and parked the jeep on the road and came to his house and hurled caste slurs on the complainant and told him to come out of the house and said what had he gained by filing a complaint against them and the accused no. 1 and Dashrat Lagha kicked the complainant and caught him and tried to drag him towards the jeep and threatened to kill him. That at that time, the complainant shouted and Malabhai Tejabhai Mir of his village and his wife came running and got him released from the hold of the accused. All the accused thereafter, went away hurling caste abuses on the complainant and told him that today he was saved and a
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