Reserved On : 11/03/2026 Pronounced On : 17/03/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1241 of 2008 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus HITESHBHAI JESINGBHAI PATEL & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR YUVRAJ BRAHMBHATT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR KASHYAP R JOSHI(2133) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No.

1,2,3,4,5,6 NOTICE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 7 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 13.04.2007, passed by the learned Special Judge, Bharuch, Camp at Ankleshwar, in Special (Atrocity) Case No.25 of 2006, for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 178, 149, 323, 325 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(5)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) 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 unfolde