SLPR 2653-54/2016 2024 INSC 413 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal Nos 2481-2482 of 2024 (Arising out of SLP (Crl) Nos 2653-2654 of 2016) Rajendra Bhagwanji Umraniya ….Appellant Versus State of Gujarat ….Respondent O R D E R 1 Leave granted. 2 Since the issues raised in both the captioned appeals are the same, the parties are also the same and the challenge is also to the self-same judgment and order passed by the High Court, those were taken up for hearing analogously and are being disposed of by this common order. 3 The appellant before this Court is the original first informant (complainant). The appellant lodged a First Information Report No I-179/2012 at the Surendranagar City Police Station for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 427, 323, 325, 506(2), 384 of the Indian Penal Code1 and Section 135 of the Gujarat Police Act. The FIR was lodged in all against five accused persons. 4 The respondents before this