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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS…………………….OF 2025
@ SLP (CRL.) NOS.1167-1168/2025
MAYANKKUMAR NATWARLAL
KANKANA PATEL & ANR. …APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANR. …RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
VIKRAM NATH, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. These appeals arise from the common judgment and
order dated 27th November, 2024 passed by the High
Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad in Special Criminal
Application No. 5648 of 2024 and Special Criminal
Application No. 10715 of 2024. By the impugned order,
the High Court set aside the order dated 30th March,
2024 passed by the learned Sessions Judge in Sessions
Case No. 22 of 2018 and allowed the application filed
under Section 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
19731, permitting the prosecution to examine the minor
child, Aashvi, as a witness.
1 In short “CrPC”
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3. The facts necessary for adjudication of the present
appeals are as follows:
3.1 The Appellant No.1 and the deceased were married in
the year 2010. A daughter, Aashvi, was born from the
wedlock in 2013. Respondent No. 2, the father of the
deceased, is the complainant who lodged a complaint
on 1st December, 2017, registered as FIR No. 224 of
2017, for offences p...