CR.A/677/2017

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/677/2017 JUDGMENT DATED: 29/09/2025 2025:GUJHC:59028 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 677 of 2017 (AGAINST ACQUITTAL) FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO Sd/- ======================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No √ ======================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus ANAND MAHENDRABHAI PATEL(NOMINEE OF THE MANUFACTURING FIRM) & ANR. ======================================================== Appearance: MS.C.M.SHAH, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 RULE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2 ======================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO Date : 29/09/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. This appeal has been filed by the appellant – State under Section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Code’) against the impugned judgment and the order passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Kathalal (hereinafter referred to as ‘the learned Trial Court’) in Criminal Case No. 2484 of 2005 on 29.11.2016, whereby, the learned Trial Court has acquitted the Uplo