# CR.A/521/2012

Court: Gujarat High Court
Date: 2026-07-16
Citation: 2026:GUJHC:44727
Petitioner: CR.A/521/2012
Respondent: Unknown

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/521/2012 JUDGMENT DATED: 16/07/2026 2026:GUJHC:44727 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 521 of 2012 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ========================================== Approved for Reporting No Yes ✔ ========================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus RATHOD HARSHADBHAI SHANTILAL ========================================== Appearance: MS JIRGA JHAVERI ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR JN VADODARIA FOR MR TEJAS M BAROT(2964) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 16/07/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. The appellant - State of Gujarat has preferred this appeal under Section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgment and order dated 31.01.2012 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, (Main Court), Gandhinagar [hereinafter be referred to as “the first Appellate Court”] in Criminal Appeal No.1 of 2012 whereby the appeal of the accused came to be dismissed and the judgment and order dated 30.06.2011 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, F

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