R/CR.MA/19746/2024 ORDER DATED: 21/11/2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL) NO. 19746 of 2024 In F/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 30201 of 2024 ================================================================ LAKHMANBHAI THOBHANBHAI PATEL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. ============================================================================== Appearance: BHARATKUMAR A DESAI(8513) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR BHUNESH C RUPERA(3896) for the Respondent(s) No. 2 MS SHRUTI PATHAK, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================================ CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 21/11/2025 ORAL ORDER 1. This is an application filed for seeking leave to appeal against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 24.04.2024 passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Botad in Criminal Case No.1069 of 2021. 2. Learned advocate for the applicant seeks permission to withdraw the present application as well as connected appeal to file appeal before the concerned Court, in view of the judgment of the Apex Court in case of M/s. Celestium Financial V.A. Gnanasekaran arising out of Special Leave Petiton (Cri.) Nos.137 – 139 / 2025, with the liberty that the period that may be consumed may not be counted as delay in filing such appeal. 3. In view of the above, permission as prayed for, is granted. The applicant can file appropriate appeal before the concerned Court. The present application as well as connected appeal are disposed of as withdrawn, with the aforesaid liberty with a rider that, after withdrawl of the present application and the appeal, necessary proceedings be initiated / filed within a period of four months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. It is clarified that the period that may be consumed in filing the present appeal may not be counted as delay in filing such appeal before the concerned Court. (SANJEEV J.THAKER,J) Manoj Kumar Rai Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: MANOJKUMAR RAI(HC01072), PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 25/11/2025 12:34:53