IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 668 of 2003 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.Y. KOGJE Sd/-

and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Sd/-

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Approved for Reporting Yes No ================================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus RAVJI GORDHAN PATEL & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR HARDIK SONI, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 HCLS COMMITTEE(4998) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 MR SAMIR B BUNDELA(2722) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 ================================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.Y. KOGJE and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date : 07/03/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.Y. KOGJE)

1. The present appeal is preferred by the appellant-State under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against judgment and order of acquittal dated 24.01.2003 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Jamnagar in Sessions case No. 27 of 1994. By the impugned judgment and order, the Sessions Court acquitted the respondents-acc