{"id":198455,"date":"2011-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/devendrabhai-vs-state-on-12-may-2011"},"modified":"2018-06-14T01:34:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T20:04:17","slug":"devendrabhai-vs-state-on-12-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/devendrabhai-vs-state-on-12-may-2011","title":{"rendered":"Devendrabhai vs State on 12 May, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Devendrabhai vs State on 12 May, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: A.L.Dave,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Mr.Justice Bankim.N.Mehta,&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\nSCR.A\/1168\/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\nSPECIAL\nCRIMINAL APPLICATION No. 1168 of 2011\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nDEVENDRABHAI\nPRAHLADBHAI CHAUHAN - Applicant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 5 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nDHAVAL N VAKIL for\nApplicant(s) : 1, \nMR. PANDYA, APP, for Respondent(s) : 1, \nNone\nfor Respondent(s) : 2 -\n6. \n=========================================================\n\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 A.L.DAVE\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE BANKIM.N.MEHTA\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 12\/05\/2011 \n\n \n\nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.L.DAVE)<\/p>\n<p>\t\tHeard<br \/>\nlearned advocate Mr. Dhaval N. Vakil. Undisputedly, the corpus has<br \/>\nattained majority. From the papers annexed to the petition, it is<br \/>\nclear that as per statement of father of the petitioner (grandfather<br \/>\nof the corpus), the corpus has left the house on her own volition.<br \/>\nUnder the circumstances, this petition cannot be entertained. It<br \/>\nstands rejected.\n<\/p>\n<p>  \t   (A.L. DAVE, J)<\/p>\n<p>     (BANKIM N. MEHTA, J)<\/p>\n<p>(pkn)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Devendrabhai vs State on 12 May, 2011 Author: A.L.Dave,&amp;Nbsp;Honourable Mr.Justice Bankim.N.Mehta,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCR.A\/1168\/2011 1\/ 1 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION No. 1168 of 2011 ========================================================= DEVENDRABHAI PRAHLADBHAI CHAUHAN &#8211; Applicant(s) Versus STATE OF GUJARAT &amp; 5 &#8211; Respondent(s) ========================================================= [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Devendrabhai vs State on 12 May, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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