Reserved On : 10/03/2026 Pronounced On : 18/03/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1685 of 2012 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus HIRASINH KALYANSINH BHANDARI ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR YUVRAJ BRAHMBHATT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 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 24.07.2012, passed by the learned Special Judge Jamnagar, in Special (G.E.B.) Case No.58 of 2009, for the offences punishable under Section 135(1) of the Indian Electricity 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 during the trial before the trial Court is that on 07.01.2006, the present accused had connected the end of the main phase to the service wire in the terminal block of the meter and bypassed the power of the phase from the mete