CR.A/368/2009

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/368/2009 JUDGMENT DATED: 17/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:36260 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 368 of 2009 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== PANKAJBHAI RAMNIKLAL AJMERA Versus ARIFBHAI MAHMADBHAI MAKWANA & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MR SP KOTIA(5687) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 BHAVIN B THAKAR(9371) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 MS JYOTI BHATT ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 17/06/2026 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 17.12.2008 passed by the learned