Reserved On : 10/03/2026 Pronounced On : 25/03/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1440 of 2012 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus KANJIBHAI NARSHIBHAI ZATAVADIYA & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS MEGHA CHITALIYA, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR CHIRAG H PAREKH(5249) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 RULE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 07.05.2012, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Kutchh, in Sessions Case No.51 of 2011, for the offences punishable under Sections 306, 498(A), 114 of the Indian Penal Code, the appellant – State of Gujarat has preferred this appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “the Code”).

2. The prosecution case as unfolded during the trial before the trial Court is that the complainant Kunvarben, alleged that her daughter Rekha, was married to accused No.1 Kanji N