IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 886 of 1998 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO Sd/-

and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Sd/-

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Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔

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STATE OF GUJARAT Versus BABA @ PRATAPSING SAVJI RAJPUT & ORS.

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Appearance:

MS SHRUTI PATHAK, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 ADVOCATE NOTICE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 4 BAILABLE WARRANT SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No.

1,2,3,4,5 UNSERVED EXPIRED (N) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 UNSERVED EXPIRED (R) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2,3,5 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 17/04/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER)

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 20.05.1998, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Banaskantha at Palanpur, in Sessions Case No.18 of 1992, fo