IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 302 of 2013 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS ==========================================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔

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STATE OF GUJARAT Versus SHAMBHUBHAI NANUBHAI VAGHELA ==========================================================

Appearance:

MS. KRINA CALLA, ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Appellant(s)

No. 1 RULE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D. M. VYAS Date : 24/09/2025

ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY)

1. The respondent is the sole accused in SC 102 of 2011 on the file of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bhavnagar. He was prosecuted for the offences punishable under Section 302 of IPC and 135 of Bombay Police Act. Eventually, he was acquitted of the said charges by the impugned judgment dated

23.11.2012.

2. Aggrieved by the said judgment of acquittal, the State has prefe