Reserved On : 16/03/2026 Pronounced On : 08/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 630 of 2010 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus SHANKARBHAI BHARUBHAI RATHWA & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR. TIRHTRAJ PANDYA, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 BAILABLE WARRANT SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 MR M A CHAUHAN(11262) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 21.07.2009, passed by the learned 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Dahod in Sessions Case No.126 of 2007, for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 306, and 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 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 trial Court is that the complainant’s daughter was married in June 2005, and initially lived peace