CR.A/1026/2008

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1026/2008 JUDGMENT DATED: 15/07/2025 2025:GUJHC:39787 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1026 of 2008 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No √ ========================================================== PATEL DHARMENDRAKUMAR NARAYANBHAI Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ========================================================== Appearance: MR RATHIN P RAVAL(5013) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MS MONALI BHATT APP for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI Date : 15/07/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. The present appellant was the accused No.1 of the trial proceedings before the Special Atrocity Court, Mehsana in Special Atrocity Case No.5 of 2007. The trial was under Sections 324, 323 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code (for short “IPC”) and Section 135 of the Bombay Police Act (for short ‘B.P. Act’), and even under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short “Atrocities Act”). The learne