CR.A/904/2013

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/904/2013 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 08/04/2026 2026:GUJHC:24669 Reserved On : 27/03/2026 Pronounced On : 08/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 904 of 2013 ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus DUDHABHAI JASABHAI BARAIYA & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR PRANAV DHAGAT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR MB PARIKH(576) 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 26.03.2013, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Amreli, in Sessions Case No.21 of 2011, for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 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 Sessions Court, in a nutshell, is that the complainant – Rambhai Mulabhai Sondarava filed a complaint