Reserved On : 23/03/2026 Pronounced On : 08/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1615 of 2012 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus RAJESH @ GOPI DINESHBHAI @ HABSI CHAUDHARY ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR. YUVRAJ BRAHMBHATT,APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 RULE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 30.06.2012, passed by the learned 8th Additional District and Sessions Judge, Vadodara in Sessions Case No. 198/2011, for the offences punishable under Sections 324 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code 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 the trial before the lower Court is that the complainant lodged a complaint alleging that due to prior enmity and dispute, the accused came to th