IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION (AGAINST ORDER PASSED BY SUBORDINATE COURT) NO. 734 of 2026 ==========================================================

KALPANABEN LAXMIKANT SHAH Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS NIYATI H SAMPAT(5841) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MS JYOTI BHATT, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI Date : 08/04/2026

ORDER

1. Challenge is given to the order dated 1.11.2025 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mandvi-Kutch below Exh.1 in Criminal Inquiry no. 55 of 2024, which came to be rejected under Section 226 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNSS”), which is for dismissal of the complaint.

2. The complaint was filed under Section 223 of the BNSS invoking Sections 306 and 503 of the IPC. Section 306 IPC is for abetment of suicide and Section 503 is for criminal intimidation. The complaint was filed by Laxmikant Kantilal Shah against the daughter-in-law and her parents and the brother. The allegation against the