{"id":22892,"date":"2011-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/popatbhai-vs-state-on-6-april-2011"},"modified":"2015-09-23T18:31:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T13:01:02","slug":"popatbhai-vs-state-on-6-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/popatbhai-vs-state-on-6-april-2011","title":{"rendered":"Popatbhai vs State on 6 April, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Popatbhai vs State on 6 April, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: A.L.Dave,&amp;Nbsp;Mr.Justice R.M.Chhaya,&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\/368\/2011\t 2\/ 2\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. 368 of 2011\n \n\n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nPOPATBHAI\nSHIVABHAI PATEL - Applicant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 5 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nCHETAN B RAVAL for\nApplicant(s) : 1, \nMR DC SEJPAL ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for\nRespondent(s) : 1, \nNone for Respondent(s) : 2, 4, \nMR BC RUPERA\nfor Respondent(s) : 3,5 -\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 R.M.CHHAYA\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 14\/03\/2011  \n \nORAL ORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.L.DAVE)<\/p>\n<p>\tThe<br \/>\ncorpus is present before us. She states that she has come with<br \/>\nrespondent No.3-Jigar Chhaganlal Makvana. She states that she is<br \/>\nstaying with him as she has married him. She firmly indicated her<br \/>\nwish, will and desire to continue the relationship with respondent<br \/>\nNo.3 and stay with him and not to go with her parents.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\tThe<br \/>\npetitioner, father of the corpus, was also present before us. He has<br \/>\ngrievance against the action taken by the corpus, but, ultimately,<br \/>\nhas accepted the relationship. He has expressed his anxiety about a<br \/>\ncase lodged against him and his relatives under the Scheduled Castes<br \/>\nand the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.\tRespondent<br \/>\nNo.3-Jigar and his father Chhaganbhai-respondent No.5 are also before<br \/>\nus. They are happy by the stand taken by the petitioner about<br \/>\naccepting the relationship, though half-heartedly, but, in principle,<br \/>\nthey have shown their readiness to resolve amicably the criminal case<br \/>\ninstituted against the petitioner and his relatives.\n<\/p>\n<p>4.\tIn<br \/>\nlight of the above developments, learned advocate Mr CB Raval does<br \/>\nnot invite any speaking order, but seeks to permit him to withdraw<br \/>\nthe petition. Permission, as prayed for, is granted. The petition<br \/>\nstands disposed of as withdrawn. Notice is discharged.\n<\/p>\n<p>5.\tThe<br \/>\namount of Rs.5,000\/- deposited with the Registry of this Court be<br \/>\nrefunded to the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(A.L.\n<\/p>\n<p>DAVE, J.)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(R.M.\n<\/p>\n<p>CHHAYA, J.)\t<\/p>\n<p>zgs\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Popatbhai vs State on 6 April, 2011 Author: A.L.Dave,&amp;Nbsp;Mr.Justice R.M.Chhaya,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCR.A\/368\/2011 2\/ 2 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION No. 368 of 2011 ========================================================= POPATBHAI SHIVABHAI PATEL &#8211; Applicant(s) Versus STATE OF GUJARAT &amp; 5 &#8211; Respondent(s) ========================================================= Appearance [&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-22892","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>Popatbhai vs State on 6 April, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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