THE STATE OF GUJARAT vs RAMANBHAI IKALBHAI FADVALIYA Advocate - V M CHORYA — 51/2026

Summary The court acquitted the accused, Ramanbhai Iklbhai Fadvaliiya, in an illegal liquor possession case under the Prohibition Act. The court found that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the seized IMFL bottles belonged to the accused or that they contained original labels with intact seals. The court noted that the conviction was based solely on police testimony (interested witnesses) without independent corroborating evidence, violating fundamental criminal law principles that require proof of guilt beyond reasonable doubt. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.