CR.A/1425/2014

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1425/2014 JUDGMENT DATED: 24/11/2025 2025:GUJHC:66884-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (AGAINST CONVICTION) NO. 1425 of 2014 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI ========================================= Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================= SHANABHAI DHULABHAI KHANT Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ========================================= Appearance: HCLS COMMITTEE(4998) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR BIPIN BHATT(1529) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR J. K. SHAH, APP for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================= CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI Date : 24/11/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI) 1. The present Criminal Appeal is preferred by the appellant– accused under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, being aggrieved by the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 16.07.2014 passed by the learned 2nd Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Sabarkantha at Modasa in Sessions Case No. 86/2012 (New Case