CR.A/219/2016

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/219/2016 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 29/04/2026 2026:GUJHC:28669 Reserved On : 16/04/2026 Pronounced On : 29/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (AGAINST ACQUITTAL) NO. 219 of 2016 ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus RATUBHA BECHUBHA PARMAR ========================================================== Appearance: MS. SHRUTI PATHAK, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR. DEVENDRA G RANA(6997) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER CAV JUDGMENT 1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 21.10.2015, passed by rd the learned Special Judge and 3 Additional Session Judge, Jamnagar in Special (GEB) Case No.506/2014, for the offences punishable under Section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003, 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 the case pertains to an inspection c