IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 898 of 1998 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO Sd/-

and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Sd/-

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Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔

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STATE OF GUJARAT Versus DHANSUKHBHAI VINODRAI PATEL & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS MEGHA CHITALIYA, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 BIREN J PANCHAL(9300) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 JEET Y RAJYAGURU(8039) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2,4,5 MR HARSHIT S TOLIA(2708) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,4,5 MR JM BUDDHBHATTI(1239) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 3 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 10/04/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

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

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 12.08.1998, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bhavanagar, in Sessions Case No.215 of 1993, for the off