CR.A/2325/2009

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/2325/2009 JUDGMENT DATED: 10/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:34406 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2325 of 2009 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== SHANTILAL K PATEL Versus NILESHKUMAR B KANTHARIA & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MS. SHAILI A KAPADIA(3453) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MS JIRGA JHAVERI ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2 RULE UNSERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 10/06/2026 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 13.03.2009 passed by the learned 6 th Addi