IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2600 of 2005 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI Sd/-

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Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔

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BIHARILAL ALIAS RAJU PARSHOTTAMBHAI KUNDALIYA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ================================================================

Appearance:

MR YOGIN A BHAMBHANI(6444) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MS JYOTI BHATT, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI Date : 03/03/2026

JUDGMENT

1. By way of this appeal, the appellant-husband has challenged the judgment and order of conviction dated 19.12.2005 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No.1, Gandhinagar in Sessions Case No.38 of 2005 whereby the appellant was convicted under Sections 498A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under Sections 3 and 7 of the Prohibition of Dowry Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to the Dowry Prohibition Act).

1.1. Under Section 498A of IPC, the accuse