LPA/1245/2025

NEUTRAL CITATION C/LPA/1245/2025 JUDGMENT DATED: 07/05/2026 2026:GUJHC:31489-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 1245 of 2025 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION/5681/2020 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR STAY) NO. 1 of 2025 In R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 1245 of 2025 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE) NO. 2 of 2025 In CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR STAY) NO. 1 of 2025 In R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 1245 of 2025 ========================================================== HIRALAL KHUSHALBHAI PARMAR Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: ULLASH N GOHIL(8357) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MS KRISHA DESAI, AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3,4 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date : 07/05/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA) 1. The appellant was charged with demanding an illegal gratification. At the same time, criminal proceedings were also initiated against him by the Anti- Corruption Bureau (ACB). 2. The departmental inquiry which was initiated against the