Reserved On : 28/04/2026 Pronounced On : 06/05/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1942 of 2010 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus BABBHAI BHIKHUBHAI KHACHAR & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS SHRUTI PATHAK, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR DIPEN K DAVE(3296) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 MR LAXMANSINH M ZALA(5787) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No.

1,2,3 NOTICE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 4 RULE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2,3 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 29.07.2010, passed by the learned Special Judge, Fast Track Court No.2, in Special (Atrocity) Case No.60 of 2007 for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 504, 114 of the Indian Penal Code, and Sections 3(1)(10) 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