CR.A/1256/2022

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1256/2022 JUDGMENT DATED: 12/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:34919 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (AGAINST ACQUITTAL) NO. 1256 of 2022 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ================================================================ Approved for Reporting Yes No ================================================================ MAHESHBHAI SHIVARAMBHAI SADHU Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ================================================================ Appearance: MR YASH K DAVE(10269) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 VISHAL K ANANDJIWALA(7798) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR AFTABHUSEN ANSARI(5320) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2,3 MS JYOTI BHATT, ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================================ CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 12/06/2026 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 refer