GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT vs NILESHBHAI SARJANBHAI DAMOR — 81/2026

Case Summary: Criminal Case 81/2026 Court Decision: The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Ghoghamba acquitted both accused—Nileshbhai Sarjanbhai Damor and Vishnubhai Arvindbhai Rathod—under Section 248(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code for lack of sufficient evidence in the liquor prohibition case. Key Reasoning: The prosecution failed to prove that 1,000 bottles of Indian-made whiskey (valued at ₹2,80,500) and a Tata pickup truck (₹50,000) recovered from Bariya-Ghoghamba road belonged to the accused. The panch (witness) signatures on the seizure panchnama were accepted, but both witnesses turned hostile and did not support the recovery facts. The investigating officer's testimony also failed to establish concrete evidence linking the confiscated liquor to the accused. The court found the accused's alleged possession of the muddamal (contraband) doubtful due to insufficient corroborating evidence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.