CR.A/990/2012

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/990/2012 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 08/04/2026 2026:GUJHC:24668 Reserved On : 24/03/2026 Pronounced On : 08/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 990 of 2012 ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus RANJITBHAI BACHUBHAI CHAVDA RAJPUT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR YUVRAJ BRAHMBHATT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MS TULSI GOSWAMI FOR MR TULSHI R SAVANI(3070) 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 29.11.2011, passed by rd the learned 3 Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bhavnagar camp at Mahuva, in Sessions Case No.158 of 2010, for the offences punishable under Sections 306, 498(A) and 34 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