CR.A/1981/2019

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/1981/2019 JUDGMENT DATED: 15/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:35258 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (AGAINST ACQUITTAL) NO. 1981 of 2019 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ================================================================ Approved for Reporting Yes No ================================================================ MAHENDRABHAI MITHALAL CHOPRA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. ================================================================ Appearance: ADVOCATE NOTICE UNSERVED for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MS JYOTI BHATT, ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 RULE UNSERVED 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 12