IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 388 of 2004 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI Sd/-

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Approved for Reporting Yes No √

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BHARWAD SOMABHAI RAMBHAI Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR ALPESHKUMAR M THAKOR(10931) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MRS REKHA H KAPADIA(2246) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR BHARGAV PANDYA APP for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

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

JUDGMENT

1. The appellant is accused no.1 who came to be convicted under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, ‘I.P.C’) by a judgment dated 27.02.2004 passed by the learned Fourth Fast-Track Judge and Additional Sessions Judge, Junagadh in Sessions Case No.48 of 1998.

2. The trial was against six accused under Sections 363, 366, 342 and 376 of I.P.C as well as under Section 135 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951 (for short, ‘the B.P Act’). The offence was registered as 1^st C.R No.69/97 at Bilkha P