CR.A/384/2012

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/384/2012 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 30/04/2026 2026:GUJHC:29231 Reserved On : 01/04/2026 Pronounced On : 30/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 384 of 2012 ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus SUMINBHAI JATRUBHAI MAHLA & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR YUVRAJ BRAHMBHATT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR ZUBIN F BHARDA(159) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 RULE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 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 28.09.2011, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Navsari camp at Vansda, in Sessions Case No.48 of 2010, for the offences punishable under Sections 306 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 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 trial Court is that t