CR.A/633/2010

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/633/2010 JUDGMENT DATED: 02/12/2025 2025:GUJHC:68944 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 633 of 2010 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Sd/- ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔ ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus SOMABHAI KALIDAS PATEL ========================================================== Appearance: MR PRANAV DHAGAT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MRS NISHA M PARIKH(2397) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 02/12/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 11.1.2010 passed by the learned Special Judge (Electricity), Mehsana in Special Electricity Case No.8 of 2009 for the offences punishable under Section 135(1)(B) 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 unfolde