CR.A/1218/1997

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1218/1997 JUDGMENT DATED: 27/02/2026 2026:GUJHC:15793-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1218 of 1997 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No √ ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus MAHIPAT @ PARSHOTTAM BACHUBHAI ========================================================== Appearance: MS JYOTI BHATT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 BAILABLE WARRANT SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 MR BHISHMA A. RAWAL(12270) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 HCLS COMMITTEE(4998) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 27/02/2026 JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI) 1. The State has challenged the judgment of acquittal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Rajkot at Gondal in Sessions Case no.114/96