Government of Gujarat vs BHUPENDRABHAI MANGALSINH BARIA Advocate - D S PATEL — 233/2026

Summary The court acquitted the accused under Section 65 of the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949, finding that the prosecution failed to establish its case beyond reasonable doubt. While illegal liquor (2 liters of country-made alcohol worth Rs. 400) was recovered from the accused's house during a police raid on December 31, 2025, the court held that the panchnama (official record) lacked credible witness testimony and contained procedural defects that undermined the evidence's reliability. The court reasoned that without proper corroboration and given the absence of any prior criminal record, the benefit of doubt should go to the accused under the principles of criminal jurisprudence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.