CR.A/1020/1999

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NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1020/1999 JUDGMENT DATED: 19/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:37240-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1020 of 1999 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus KESHABHAI SHANKABHAI RAVAL & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MS CHETNA SHAH APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 ABATED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,10,2,3,4 ADVOCATE NOTICE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 11,5,6,7,8,9 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 19/06/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL) 1. By way of the present Criminal Appeal, the State has challenged the judgment and order of acquittal passed by the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Mehsana in Sessions Case No. 217/1995 on 13.08.1999, whereby, the accused persons were came to be acquitted for the offences punishable under Section 147,148,149 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘IPC’). Page 1 of 19 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 22:10:56 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1020/1999 JUDGMENT DATED: 19/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:37240-DB 2. The case of the prosecution as per the FIR is that:- 2.1 On 01.08.1995, in the morning at Karannagar, the victim and deceased Jagdish Ramabhai Patel had inflicted blows using a sharp and edged weapon like a knife as a deadly weaponwith the intention of launching a fatal attack on his stomach upon injured Amratbhai