Patel Dharmendrakumar Narayanbhai vs State Of Gujarat

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2025 Supreme(Guj) 1412

IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
GITA GOPI
Patel Dharmendrakumar Narayanbhai – Appellant
Versus
State Of Gujarat – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr Rathin P. Raval.
For the Respondent: Ms Monali Bhatt APP.

Table of Content
1. overview of the facts and case background. (Para 1 , 2)
2. appellant's arguments against the conviction. (Para 3)
3. respondent's counterarguments on conviction. (Para 4)
4. court's analysis of evidence and investigation. (Para 5)
5. trial court's rejection of the atrocity act charge. (Para 6)
6. complainant's eyewitness account and its inconsistencies. (Para 7)
7. further analysis of the complainant's testimony. (Para 8 , 9)
8. doctor's testimony and doubts on causation of injury. (Para 10)
9. judicial guidelines on reliance on sole witness credibility. (Para 11 , 12)
10. criteria for conviction based on eyewitness testimony. (Para 13)
11. need for corroborative evidence in serious accusations. (Para 14 , 15)
12. court's doubts and conclusion on evidence sufficiency. (Para 16 , 17 , 18)
13. court's final ruling on acquittal. (Para 19)
14. conclusion and order of the judgment. (Para 20)

JUDGMENT :

GITA GOPI, J.

1. The present appellant was the accused No.1 of the trial proceedings before the Special Atrocity Court, Mehsana in Special Atrocity Case No.5 of 2007. The trial was under Sections 324 , 323 and 114 of the INDIAN PENAL CODE (for short “IPC”) and Section 135 of the BOMBAY