IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 918 of 1998 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus CHANDUBA @ CHANDRIKABEN PRATAPSINH DABHI & ANR.

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Appearance:

MS MEGHA CHITALIYA, APP for the Appellant - State HCLS COMMITTEE(4998) for the Respondent No. 1 MR PV PATADIYA(5924) for the Respondent No. 1 ABATED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 13/03/2026

JUDGMENT

(PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER)

1.1 Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 29.08.1998, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Gandhinagar in Sessions Case No.21 of 1997, for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, the appellant – State of Gujarat has preferred this appeal as provided under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “the Code”) inter alia challenging the judgment and order of acquittal in favour of the respondents –