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NEUTRAL CITATION R/CC/1/2023 JUDGMENT DATED: 30/01/2026 2026:GUJHC:6773-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL CONFIRMATION CASE NO. 1 of 2023 With R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 777 of 2023 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus PRADIP S/O RAJESH @ RAJENDRA @ RAMESHVAR RAJKUMAR GUPTA ========================================================== Appearance: MR RONAK RAVAL, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 NOTICE SERVED for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R. T. VACHHANI Date : 30/01/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ILESH J. VORA) 1. The death reference has come up before this Court for confirmation of a Death Sentence awarded to the appellant – sole accused Pradip Rajesh Rajkumar Gupta, by judgment dated 30.01.2023, passed in Special POCSO Case No.73 of 2022, whereby, the Additional Sessions Court at Valsad, h