Reserved On : 09/04/2026 Pronounced On : 29/04/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1521 of 2008 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus BHAGWANBHAI DAHYABHAI THAKKAR OWNER OF BHAGWATI BOOK STORE ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR. TIRTHRAJ PANDAYA, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR ABHAYKUMAR P SHAH(3093) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER

CAV JUDGMENT

1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 31.12.2007, passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patan in Criminal Case No. 2884/2001, for the offences punishable under Sections 18(C), 18(A)(1), 18(A)(6) and 18(A) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, 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 lower Court is that the Drug Inspector, Shri Pradip Govindlal Doshi, received secret information that the respondent