THE STATE OF GUJARAT vs NAGINBHAI KANTIBHAI VAGHARI Advocate - P K DESAI — 8/2026

Case Summary: CC No. 8/2026 Court Decision: The Gujarat High Court (First Class) acquitted Naginbhai Kantibhai Vaghari of illicit liquor possession charges, finding the prosecution's case insufficient due to lack of corroborating witness testimony and procedural irregularities in evidence collection. Key Reasoning: The court held that while police claimed to have seized 12 liters of country liquor from the accused's residence, the independent witnesses (panchas) who were mandatorily required to be present during the search failed to corroborate the prosecution's account. The court applied established precedent requiring that in cases involving obligatory witness presence, police evidence must be independently corroborated—reliance solely on uncorroborated police testimony is insufficient for conviction. Additionally, the court found gaps in the sample collection and forensic analysis procedures prescribed under the 2012 Gujarat Prohibition Rules, further weakening the prosecution's evidence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.