IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1080 of 2010 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus MAHESHBHAI MOHANBHAI VANKAR (BARIYA) & ANR.

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Appearance:

MS SHRUTI PATHAK, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 ABATED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 MR EE SAIYED(725) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 17/03/2026

JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 29.03.2010, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No.6, Vadodara, in Sessions Case No.139 of 2008, for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 306, 114 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 7 of the 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 during the trial before the trial Court is that the complainant's daughter Rekhaben married Accused No.1 on 01.05.2004