CR.A/696/2008

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/696/2008 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/12/2025 2025:GUJHC:71751 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 696 of 2008 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== REGIONAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR Versus RAJESH R CHAUDHARY, BAMS ========================================================== Appearance: MS RV ACHARYA, ADVOCATE for the Appellant - Authority MR PRAVIN P PANCHAL & SHIVANG P JANI, ADVOCATES for Respondent ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 16/12/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 10.10.2007 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Kheralu in Criminal Case No.255 of 2005 for the offences punishable under Sections 23 and 25 of the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994, the appellant – Authority has preferred this appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “the Code”). 2. The prosecution