CR.A/2134/2009

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/2134/2009 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 04/05/2026 2026:GUJHC:30367 Reserved On : 16/04/2026 Pronounced On : 04/05/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2134 of 2009 ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus MAHENDRABHAI @ KHODABHAI PUNAMBHAI CHAUHAN & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MR. YUVRAJ BRAHMBHATT, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR NIKHIL S VYAS(5663) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1,2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER CAV JUDGMENT 1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 30.06.2009, passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Kheda at Nadiad, in Sessions Case No.04/2009, for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 306 read with Section 114 of the Indian Penal Code, the appellant – State of Gujarat has preferred this appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “the Code”). 2. The prosecution case as unfolded during the trial before the trial Court is that, the deceased, Pintuben, was married