IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (AGAINST ACQUITTAL) NO. 1348 of 2025 ==========================================================

NARSIBHAI JIVRAJBHAI CHANCHIYA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR ABHISHEK M MEHTA(3469) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 16/03/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 10.01.2025, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge and Special Judge (Atrocity), Botad, in Special Atrocity Case No. 01/2020, for the offences punishable under Sections 506(2) and 114 of the Indian Penal Code, under Sections 3(1)(R)(S) and 3(2) (VA) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) 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. Considering the facts of the case and the evidence on the record, this appeal is heard and decided fi