IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 14 of 2011 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER ==========================================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔

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STATE OF GUJARAT Versus DEVNARAYAN @ ATALBIHARI PRAHLAD SHAHU & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR. YUVRAJ BRAHMBHATT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR KUNAL S SHAH(5282) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3,4,5 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 12/02/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 30.09.2010, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Surat, in Sessions Case No.216 of 2007, for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 306 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 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 durin