CR.A/356/1998

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/356/1998 JUDGMENT DATED: 06/02/2026 2026:GUJHC:9685-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 356 of 1998 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 DEVABHAI AMBABHAI & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MS JYOTI BHATT APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 HCLS COMMITTEE(4998) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 MR UMANG R VYAS(5595) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 06/02/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI) 1. The State aggrieved by the judgment and order of acquittal dated 31.01.1998 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Junagadh in Sessions Case No.116 of 1996, filed the present appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’). Uploa