Reserved On : 13/04/2026 Pronounced On : 24/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1106 of 2010 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus BHARATBHAI MALUBHAI GOHIL & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS SHRUTI PATHAK, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 ADVOCATE NOTICE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No.

2,4,5,6 RULE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,3 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 13.08.2009, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Surendranagar, in Sessions Case No.10 of 2008, for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 325 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 135 of the Bombay Police 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 lower Court is that the incident occ