CR.A/990/2000

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/990/2000 JUDGMENT DATED: 05/12/2025 2025:GUJHC:71001-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 990 of 2000 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MAULIK J.SHELAT and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus BABUBHAI KALIDAS RATHOD ========================================================== Appearance: MR BHARGAV PANDYA, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 NOTICE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MAULIK J.SHELAT and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 05/12/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MAULIK J.SHELAT) 1. The present appeal is filed by the State under Section 378 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1978, assailing the judgment and order dated 17.08.2000 passed by the Learned Additional Sessions Judge, Valsad, in Sessions Case No. 168 of 1997 (hereinafter referred to as the “Trial Court”), whereby the respondent–accused was acquitted of the charges