IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 359 of 2008 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 785 of 2007 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 356 of 2008 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 357 of 2008 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 361 of 2008 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

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

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Approved for Reporting Yes No √

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STATE OF GUJARAT Versus YOGRAJSINH PRABHATSINH CHUDASMA & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS.C.M.SHAH, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 ABATED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2 MR PRATIK Y JASANI(5325) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 4,5 MR RAXIT J DHOLAKIA(3709) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 6,7,8 RULE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,3 ========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO Date : 24/03/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. Since all the present criminal appeals arise out of the same judgment and order and involve common questions of fact and law, they are heard together and are being decided by this common judgment.

1.1. An offence was re