{"id":175617,"date":"2011-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nathabhai-vs-state-on-31-march-2011"},"modified":"2018-10-14T00:22:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T18:52:53","slug":"nathabhai-vs-state-on-31-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nathabhai-vs-state-on-31-march-2011","title":{"rendered":"Nathabhai vs State on 31 March, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Nathabhai vs State on 31 March, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Md Shah,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nCR.MA\/2667\/2011\t 1\/ 1\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nCRIMINAL\nMISC.APPLICATION No. 2667 of 2011\n \n\n \n=========================================\n \n\nNATHABHAI\nVIRABHAI MENAT &amp; 1 - Applicant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 1 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================\n \nAppearance : \nMR\nMC BAROT for\nApplicant(s) : 1 - 2. \nPUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent(s) :\n1, \nNOTICE UNSERVED for Respondent(s) :\n2, \n=========================================\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE MD SHAH\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 31\/03\/2011 \n\n \n\nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>\t\tFresh<br \/>\n Notice qua respondent no.2 returnable on<br \/>\n11.04.2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\tDirect<br \/>\nservice is permitted to serve respondent no.2 through concerned<br \/>\nPolice Station.\n<\/p>\n<p>[M.D.Shah,J.]<\/p>\n<p>satish<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Nathabhai vs State on 31 March, 2011 Author: Md Shah,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print CR.MA\/2667\/2011 1\/ 1 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION No. 2667 of 2011 ========================================= NATHABHAI VIRABHAI MENAT &amp; 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