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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
ILESH J. VORA, R. T. VACHHANI
State Of Gujarat – Appellant
Versus
Prakash Meghjibhai Dalwadi – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. appeal by state against judgment of acquittal. (Para 1 , 2 , 4) |
| 2. insufficiency of evidence leads to acquittal. (Para 10 , 17) |
| 3. appellate courts should defer to trial court's discretion. (Para 15 , 18) |
JUDGMENT :
ILESH J. VORA, J.
1. Here is the Appeal by the State against the judgment and order of acquittal.
2. Being dissatisfied by the judgment and order passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bhavnagar, dated 09.04.2004 passed in Sessions Case No.174 of 1999, acquitting the respondents from the offence under Sections 498A, 306, 302, 323, 504 read with Section 114 of the IPC , State has preferred instant appeal under Section 378 of the Cr.P.C.
3. This Court has heard Mr. J. K. Shah, learned Additional Public Prosecutor.
4. Brief facts giving rise to file the present Appeal are that, the respondents accused being a husband, mother- in-law and sister-in-law were tried and prosecution by the Sessions Court, Bhavnagar for the offences as referred above. The marriage of the deceased Hansa was solemnized before one year of the incident with the respondent accused Prakash Dalwadi and family of him was joint family. After six months of the marriage, the deceased ca
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