Reserved On : 01/04/2026 Pronounced On : 08/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2707 of 2008 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus NAVNITBHAI KANTIBHAI BHAVSAR & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR YUVRAJ BRAHMBHATT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 BAILABLE WARRANT SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 5 BAILABLE WARRANT UNSERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 4 MR DK MODI(1317) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 3,6,7,8,9 MR MD MODI(1318) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 3,5,6,7,8,9 RULE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1.1 Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 09.04.2008, passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Vansda, in Criminal Case No.537 of 1998, for the offences punishable under Sections 7(1)(2)(5) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (‘the PFA Act’ for short), the appellant – State of Gujarat has preferred this appeal under Section