BHANUBEN AND ANR. Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) This appeal is filed by the appellants against the impugned judgment and order dated 23.02.2015, passed in Criminal Appeal No. 101 of 2010, by the High Court of Judicature of Gujarat at Ahmedabad, wherein the High Court has dismissed the appeal of the appellants and upheld the order of conviction and sentence of the appellants under Sections 498A and 306 read with Section 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short "I.P.C.") passed by the Fast Track Court, Veraval, Camp Una, in Sessions Case No.9 of 2007 (hereinafter "the trial court") in its judgment and order dated 21.11.2009. The appellants have prayed to set aside the same and quash the criminal proceedings initiated against them by the respondent-State, urging various legal grounds.

(3.) The brief facts of the case are stated hereunder to appreciate the rival legal contentions urged on behalf of the parties: