IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 945 of 2005 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI Sd/-

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Approved for Reporting Yes No √

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JADEJA MAHIPATSINH DHULAJI Versus THE STATE OF GUJARAT ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR SP MAJMUDAR(3456) with MR SURAJ MATIEDA for the Appellant(s)

No. 1 MS JYOTI BHATT APP for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI Date : 06/02/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. The appellant-accused is convicted through judgment and order of conviction passed by the learned Special Judge, Joint District Court, Patan dated 01.04.2005 in Special Atrocity Case No.425 of 2002 under Section 332, 504, 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code (for short, ‘I.P.C’), while was acquitted for the offence punishable under Section 323 of the I.P.C and Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (for short, ‘the Atrocity Act’), 1989.

1.1 The accused has been sentenced for a p