Reserved On : 09/04/2026 Pronounced On : 04/05/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 366 of 2012 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus RAVIBHAI SUNDARLAL KAHAR & ANR.

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Appearance:

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR ABHIRAJ R TRIVEDI(5576) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 28.12.2011, passed by the learned 9th Additional Sessions Judge, Vadodara, in Sessions Case No.76/2011, for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 306, 504, 114 of the IPC, 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 prosecution case as unfolded during the trial before the trial Court is that the complainant got married to Accused No.1 on 22.02.2002, and out of the said wedlock, two daughters and one son were born. It is alleged that Accused No.1, along wi