Reserved On : 06/03/2026 Pronounced On : 17/03/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 753 of 2012 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus RANUBHAI DHUDABHAI MENIYA & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS MEGHA CHITALIYA, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR KIRTIDEV R DAVE(3267) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3,4 MR PV PATADIYA(5924) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 5 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 17.03.2012 passed by the learned Special Judge, Surendranagar, Camp at Limbdi, in Special (Atrocity) Case No.44 of 2008, for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 504, 506(2) and 114 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(1)(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 unfolded during the