CR.A/380/1998

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/380/1998 JUDGMENT DATED: 24/09/2025 2025:GUJHC:63825-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 380 of 1998 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE UTKARSH THAKORBHAI DESAI ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus DHARMENDRABHAI VAJUBHAI RATHOD ========================================================== Appearance: MS JIRGA ZAVERI, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 HCLS COMMITTEE(4998) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 MRS REKHA H KAPADIA(2246) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE UTKARSH THAKORBHAI DESAI Date : 24/09/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE UTKARSH THAKORBHAI DESAI) 1. Being aggrieved by the judgment and order passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bhavnagar in Sessions Case No.185 of 1997 whereby, the sole accused Dharmendra Vajubhai Rathod came to be acquitted from the charge framed un