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.

SC - SESSIONS CASE

CNR: GJAH010047502019

Case disposed

Filing Number

104/2019

Filing Date

12-06-2019

Registration No

104/2019

Registration Date

13-06-2019

Court

Ahmedabad District

Judge

4-9th ADDL DISTRICT JUDGE

Decision Date

06th May 2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--JUDGMENT BY ACQUITTAL

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, 1973 Section 209
INDIAN PENAL CODE Section 306,294(B),498(A),114

Petitioner(s)

THE STATE OF GUJARAT

Adv. R P THAKAR

Respondent(s)

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

ARUNABEN W/O KANAIYALAL SHAH(Permanently exempted)

Adv. H.A.BADHIA

NIPABEN D/O KANAIYALAL SHAH

Adv. H.A.BADHIA

NIRAJ S/O KANAIYALAL HIRALAL SHAH

Adv. H.A.BADHIA

Hearing History

Judge: 4-9th ADDL DISTRICT JUDGE

06-05-2026

Disposed

04-05-2026

JUDGEMENT

02-05-2026

FURTHER STATEMENT

27-04-2026

EVIDENCE OF PROSECUTION

16-04-2026

EVIDENCE OF PROSECUTION

Final Orders / Judgements

06-05-2026
JUDEGEMENT

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.

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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