CR.A/737/2018

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/737/2018 JUDGMENT DATED: 15/07/2026 2026:GUJHC:44072 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (AGAINST ACQUITTAL) NO. 737 of 2018 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== SURESHKUMAR PRABHURAM THAKKAR Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: ADITYA A CHOKSI(7835) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR. ANAND V THAKKAR(7091) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2 MS JYOTI BHATT ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 15/07/2026 JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal is filed by the appellant – original complainant under Section 378 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Code’ for short) / under Section 419 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as ‘BNSS’ for short) against the judgment and order dated 26.04.2018 pas