CR.A/606/2004

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/606/2004 JUDGMENT DATED: 09/12/2025 2025:GUJHC:69906-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 606 of 2004 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI ========================================= Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================= STATE OF GUAJARAT Versus KOLI GOVINDBHAI GANDABHAI ========================================= Appearance: MS JYOTI BHATT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR HRIDAY BUCH(2372) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================= CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI Date : 09/12/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI) 1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 19.01.2004 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Dhangadhra in Sessions Case No. 86 of 1998, whereby the respondent–accused was acquitted of the offence punishable under Section 376 of the IPC, the appellant–State has preferred the present Criminal Appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. 2. Th