CR.A/1410/2011

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NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1410/2011 JUDGMENT DATED: 15/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:35259 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1410 of 2011 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ================================================================ Approved for Reporting Yes No ================================================================ ASHWIN BABUBHAI PATEL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. ================================================================ Appearance: MR JAYESH V PATEL(5925) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR TEJAS P SATTA(3149) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR DIPAN DESAI(2481) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2 MS JYOTI BHATT, ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 RULE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2 ================================================================ CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 15/06/2026 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 referred to as ‘BNSS’ for short) against the judgment and order dated 13.09.2011 passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Negotiable Instrument Court No.2, Ahmedabad (hereinafter be referred to as “the Trial Court), whereby the learned trial Court had acquitted the respondent - accused for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Page 1 of 6 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 23:04:41 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1410/2011 JUDGMENT DATED: 15/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:35259 Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘NI Act’ for short). 2. Heard learned c