CR.A/1618/2016

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1618/2016 JUDGMENT DATED: 28/11/2025 2025:GUJHC:68195-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (AGAINST CONVICTION) NO. 1618 of 2016 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ✓ ========================================================== MAHENDRABHAI SOMABHAI VASAVA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT ========================================================== Appearance: MR PRATIK B BAROT(3711) 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 : 28/11/2025 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 and order dated 10.08.2015 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bharuch in Sessions Case No. 2 of 2014, whereby the appellant has been