CR.A/1235/1997

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1235/1997 JUDGMENT DATED: 23/01/2026 2026:GUJHC:5365-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1235 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 IBRAHIMBHAI SULTANBHAI MANSURI ========================================================== Appearance: MR HARDIK MEHTA APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 BAILABLE WARRANT UNSERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 HCLS COMMITTEE(4998) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 MR KAIVAN K PATEL(6338) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 23/01/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI) 1. The State under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) challenges the judgment and order of acquittal passed by the learned City Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad in Sessi