CR.A/1595/2012

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1595/2012 JUDGMENT DATED: 22/12/2025 2025:GUJHC:73437 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (AGAINST ACQUITTAL) NO. 1595 of 2012 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Sd/- ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔ ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus ZANZIBEN RAJUBHAI BANDHIYA ========================================================== Appearance: MS MEGHA CHITALIYA, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR VH KANARA(1881) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 22/12/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 05.03.2012, passed by the learned Special Judge, Khambhaliya, in Special (G.E.B.) Case No.58 of 2008, for the offences punishable under Section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act, 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