IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1975 of 2010 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus USHABEN MANUBHAI THAKKER & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS MEGHA CHITALIYA, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR VIRAL M PANDYA(5257) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3,4 MS DIPMALA S DESAI(6596) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 5 RULE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2,3,4 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 09/03/2026

JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 10.08.2010 passed by the learned Special Judge, Court No.17, City Sessions Court, Ahmedabad, in Atrocity Criminal Case No.20 of 2008, for the offences punishable under Sections 504, 506(2), 294(b) and 114 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(1)(x) 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. The pro