CR.A/768/2021

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/768/2021 JUDGMENT DATED: 25/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:38904 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL (AGAINST ACQUITTAL) NO. 768 of 2021 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== PRAKASHBHAI PREMJIBHAI CHOTALIYA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MR. BHAUMIK DHOLARIYA(7009) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR VIRAL V DAVE(3846) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 2 MS JIRGA JHAVERI ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 25/06/2026 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 21.01.2