THE STATE OF GUJARAT vs KANAIYALAL HIRALAL SHAH(Abated) Advocate - H.A.BADHIA — 104/2019

Case under Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 Section 3,7. Disposed: Contested--JUDGMENT BY ACQUITTAL on 06th May 2026.

Case disposed

SC - SESSIONS CASE

CNR: GJAH010047502019

Filing Number

104/2019

Filing Date

12-Jun-2019

Registration No

104/2019

Registration Date

13-Jun-2019

Court

Ahmedabad District

Judge

4-9th Addl District Judge

Decision Date

06-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--JUDGMENT BY ACQUITTAL

Last updated 15-May-2026

FIR Details

FIR Number

114

Police Station

VASTRAPUR POLICE STATION- AHMEDABAD CITY

Year

2017

Acts & Sections

Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 Section 3,7
Code of Criminal Procedure Section 209
Indian Penal Code Section 306,294(B),498(A),114

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF GUJARAT

    Adv. R P THAKAR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.KANAIYALAL HIRALAL SHAH(Abated) Advocate - H.A.BADHIA

  2. 2.ARUNABEN W/O KANAIYALAL SHAH(Permanently exempted)

    Adv. H.A.BADHIA

  3. 3.NIPABEN D/O KANAIYALAL SHAH

    Adv. H.A.BADHIA

  4. 4.NIRAJ S/O KANAIYALAL HIRALAL SHAH

    Adv. H.A.BADHIA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 06-May-2026

    JudegementView PDF

    Summary The Ahmedabad Sessions Court acquitted four accused (Kanaiyalal Shah and his family members) of charges under IPC Sections 306, 294(B), 498(A), 114, and Dowry Prohibition Act Sections 3 and 7 in a case involving the death of a young married woman. The court found that the prosecution failed to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the accused abetted the victim's suicide through cruelty or harassment, as required by legal precedent; while circumstantial evidence of the victim's death by hanging existed, there was insufficient proof of direct causal link between the accused's alleged actions and her death to sustain conviction. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 06-May-2026

    Disposed

    9th Addl District Judge

  4. 04-May-2026

    Judgement

    9th Addl District Judge

  5. 02-May-2026

    Further Statement

    9th Addl District Judge

  6. 27-Apr-2026

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  7. 16-Apr-2026

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  8. 13-Apr-2026

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  9. 06-Apr-2026

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  10. 25-Mar-2026

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  11. 18-Mar-2026

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  12. 11-Mar-2026

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  13. 27-Jan-2026

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  14. 22-Dec-2025

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    10th Addl District Judge

  15. 25-Nov-2025

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    10th Addl District Judge

  16. 15-Oct-2025

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    10th Addl District Judge

  17. 09-Sep-2025

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    10th Addl District Judge

  18. 19-Aug-2025

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    10th Addl District Judge

  19. 23-Jul-2025

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    10th Addl District Judge

  20. 07-Jul-2025

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    10th Addl District Judge

  21. 05-May-2025

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    5th Addl District Judge

  22. 10-Mar-2025

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    5th Addl District Judge

  23. 26-Dec-2024

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    5th Addl District Judge

  24. 15-Oct-2024

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    5th Addl District Judge

  25. 06-Aug-2024

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    5th Addl District Judge

  26. 03-Jun-2024

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    6th Addl District Judge

  27. 26-Mar-2024

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  28. 22-Jan-2024

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  29. 05-Dec-2023

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  30. 10-Oct-2023

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  31. 14-Aug-2023

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  32. 13-Jun-2023

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  33. 24-Apr-2023

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    2nd Addl District Judge

  34. 28-Feb-2023

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    2nd Addl District Judge

  35. 30-Jan-2023

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    2nd Addl District Judge

  36. 21-Nov-2022

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    2nd Addl District Judge

  37. 10-Oct-2022

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    2nd Addl District Judge

  38. 23-Aug-2022

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    2nd Addl District Judge

  39. 23-Jun-2022

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    2nd Addl District Judge

  40. 21-May-2022

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  41. 07-Apr-2022

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  42. 25-Feb-2022

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  43. 21-Jan-2022

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  44. 08-Dec-2021

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  45. 21-Oct-2021

    Opening Up Of Case By Prosecution

    4th Addl District Judge

  46. 29-Sep-2021

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    5th Addl District Judge

  47. 24-Aug-2021

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    5th Addl District Judge

  48. 09-Jun-2021

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  49. 27-Apr-2021

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  50. 15-Mar-2021

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  51. 29-Jan-2021

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  52. 03-Nov-2020

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  53. 25-Aug-2020

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    9th Addl District Judge

  54. 10-Jul-2020

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    6th Addl District Judge

  55. 04-May-2020

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    7th Addl District Judge

  56. 13-Mar-2020

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    7th Addl District Judge

  57. 30-Jan-2020

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    7th Addl District Judge

  58. 27-Dec-2019

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    7th Addl District Judge

  59. 22-Nov-2019

    Evidence Of Prosecution

    7th Addl District Judge

  60. 11-Nov-2019

    Hearing On Framing Of Charge/Discharge Application

    7th Addl District Judge

  61. 14-Oct-2019

    Hearing On Framing Of Charge/Discharge Application

    7th Addl District Judge

  62. 17-Sep-2019

    Hearing On Framing Of Charge/Discharge Application

    7th Addl District Judge

  63. 20-Jul-2019

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  64. 12-Jun-2019

    Case filed

    Registration No. 104/2019

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Ahmedabad Sessions Court acquitted four accused (Kanaiyalal Shah and his family members) of charges under IPC Sections 306, 294(B), 498(A), 114, and Dowry Prohibition Act Sections 3 and 7 in a case involving the death of a young married woman. The court found that the prosecution failed to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the accused abetted the victim's suicide through cruelty or harassment, as required by legal precedent; while circumstantial evidence of the victim's death by hanging existed, there was insufficient proof of direct causal link between the accused's alleged actions and her death to sustain conviction. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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