Reserved On : 16/03/2026 Pronounced On : 25/03/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (AGAINST ACQUITTAL) NO. 1528 of 2018 ==========================================================

HARSHADBHAI GOVINDBHAI KATRODIYA Versus BHARATKUMAR RAMANLAL PUROHIT & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR NIKHILESH J SHAH(3007) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR JEET PATEL FOR MR HRIDAY BUCH(2372) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2 MR. KULDEEP D VAIDYA(7045) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2 MR TIRTHRAJ PANDYA, APP for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 3 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 13.12.2017, passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Bhavnagar, in Criminal Appeal No.76 of 2015, for the offences punishable under Section 23(1) of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, (for short, ‘the Act, 1994’) and Section 6 of the Indian Medical Degrees Act, 1916 (for short, ‘the Act, 1916’) the appellant – Autho