IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1820 of 2008 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus ASLAM ANWARKHAN PATHAN ==========================================================

Appearance:

MS MEGHA CHITALIYA, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 NON BAILABLE WARRANT SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No.

1 O I PATHAN(7684) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 18/03/2026

JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 21.04.2008, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No.1, Ahmedabad City, in Sessions (NDPS) Case No.123 of 2006, punishable under Section 8(C) read with 20(b) of The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short `NDPS’ Act), the appellant – State of Gujarat has preferred this appeal under Section 378 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “the Code”).

2. The prosecution case as unfolded during the trial before the Sessions Court is that the complainant – the P.S.I. - M.R.Sharma, Reader, Office o