CR.A/2048/2012

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/2048/2012 JUDGMENT DATED: 11/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:36303 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2048 of 2012 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ================================================================ Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔ ================================================================ STATE OF GUJARAT Versus BHAJAN LAKHRAJ YADAV ================================================================ Appearance: MS JYOTI BHATT, ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Appellant(s) No. 1 HCLS COMMITTEE(4998) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 MRS REKHA H KAPADIA(2246) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================================ CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 11/06/2026 JUDGMENT 1. The appellant - State of Gujarat has preferred this appeal under Section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgment and order dated 28.09.2012 passed by the learned 6 th Additional District & Sessions Judge, Vadodara (hereinafter be referred to as “the trial Court”) in Sessions Case No.63 of 2011, whereby the trial Court