CR.A/1349/2009

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1349/2009 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 08/04/2026 2026:GUJHC:24738 Reserved On : 18/03/2026 Pronounced On : 08/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1349 of 2009 ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus MAHENDRA @ SHAMJI MULJIBHAI VAGHELA & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR. YUVRAJ BRAHMBHATT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR NR KODEKAR(5020) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER CAV JUDGMENT 1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 27.02.2009, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No.1, Khambhaliya in Case No. 149/2008, for the offences punishable under Sections 332, 323, 504, 506(2) read with 114 of the Indian Penal Code, and the appellant – State of Gujarat has preferred this appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “the Code”). 2. The prosecution case, as unfolded during the trial before the lower Court, is that as per the com