Reserved On : 10/03/2026 Pronounced On : 17/03/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 533 of 2013 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus RABARI MAFABHAI LEMBABHAI & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS MEGHA CHITALIYA, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR RJ GOSWAMI(1102) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2 NOTICE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 3 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 24.01.2013 passed by the learned Special Judge (Atrocity), Mehsana, in Special Atrocity Case No.24 of 2011, for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 504 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Section 135 of the Bombay Police 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 th