Reserved On: -06/04/2026 Pronounced On: 30/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1185 of 2010 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus SOLANKI UTTAMBHAI @ BABUBHAI MAGHABHAI & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS. MEGHA CHITALIYA, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR BHUVNESH GAHLOT(10286) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No.

1,2,3,4 NON BAILABLE WARRANT UNSERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s)

No. 1,2,3,4,5 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 19.04.2010, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Patan, in Sessions Case No.29/2008, for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 306, 323, 504, 506 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 3 and 7 of the Prevention of Dowry Prohibition Act, 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 Co