CR.A/1680/2009

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1680/2009 JUDGMENT DATED: 19/09/2025 2025:GUJHC:55573 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1680 of 2009 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE UMESH A. TRIVEDI ====================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No No ====================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus VIRSANGBHAI RAMJIBHAI CHAUDHARY & ORS. ====================================== Appearance: MR BHARGAV PANDYA, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR N P CHAUDHARY(3980) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2 MR HARSHAL PATEL for MR TUSHAR CHAUDHARY(5316) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2 UNSERVED EXPIRED(R)for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s)No. 3 ====================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE UMESH A. TRIVEDI Date : 19/09/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT [1.0] This is an Appeal filed under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Code’) challenging the judgment and order of acquittal recorded by the learned Special Judge, Banaskantha, Palanpur dated 16.06.2009 in Special (Atrocity) Case No.20 of 2009 whereby the respondents – accused have come to be acq