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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1216 of 2003 [On note for speaking to minutes of order dated 29/09/2025 in R/CR.A/1216/2003 ]

With CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION NO. 1 of 2003 In R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1216 of 2003 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 493 of 2004 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 73 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 74 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 924 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 925 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 926 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2542 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2365 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2566 of 2005 ==========================================================

ANILKUMAR MORALILAL DUBE Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR ASHOK PAREKH for MR MEHUL A SURATI, MR NEHAL R. JOSHI, MR.

YOGESH KANADE for the Appellant MR PRANAV DHAGAT APP for Respondent ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 29/09/2025 COMMON ORAL ORDER (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA)

It has come to notice that, through inadvertently, in common oral judgment dated 29.09.2025, in the title of judgment, Criminal Appeal No.

2366 of 2005 is tagged instead of Criminal Appeal No. 2566 of 2005

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Accordingly, Registry is directed to read and considered the matter being Criminal Appeal No. 2366 of 2005 as Criminal Appeal No. 2566 of 2005 in the title of judgment.

Registry is directed to issue the writ accordingly.

(ILESH J. VORA,J)

(P. M. RAVAL, J)

P.S. JOSHI

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1216 of 2003 With CRIMINAL MISC. APPLICATION NO. 1 of 2003 In R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1216 of 2003 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 493 of 2004 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 73 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 74 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 924 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 925 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 926 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2542 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2365 of 2005 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2366 of 2005 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL ==========================================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ==========================================================

ANILKUMAR MORALILAL DUBE Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR ASHOK PAREKH for MR. MEHUL A SURATI, MR NEHAL R. JOSHI, MR.

YOGESH KANADE for the Appellant MR PRANAV DHAGAT APP for the Respondent ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL

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Date : 29/09/2025 COMMON ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA)

1. Since, the facts of the case and issue involved in all these appeals are identical and arise out of the same judgment, all appeals are taken up together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The appellants accused – Anil Dube (A2), Rajiv @ Raju @

Sharmaji Suresh Joshi (A3), Binesh Sathwara (A4) and absconding accused Ravindra @ Guddu Soniram (A5), in furtherance of their common intention, as a pre-planned, decided to extort money from the innocent persons of Ahmedabad and as a part of modus-operandi, they used to kidnap the persons, and after keeping them under confinement, they caused voluntary injuries to the persons and after undressed them, they took photographs for blackmailing and in order to satisfy their lust, performed unnatural sex with them.

In these background facts, in the month of August, 2001, three different FIRs namely (i) I. CR No. 198 of 2001 (complainant – Jiya Ulhaq Gulam Mauddin), (ii) I. CR No. 201 of 2001 (complainant – Vitthal Parmar), (iii) I.CR No. 203 of 2001 (compla

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