THE STATE OF GUJARAT vs HINABEN W/O PRAKASHBHAI PATEL Advocate - V M CHORYA — 46/2026

Case Summary The court acquitted the accused, Dhinaben Prakashbhai Patel, of charges under the Prohibition Act, finding that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the seized IMFL bottles belonged to the accused or were in her possession. The judgment emphasizes that conviction cannot rest solely on police testimony without independent corroborating evidence, and that the prosecution bears the burden of proving its case conclusively rather than through conjecture. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.