CR.A/169/2010

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/169/2010 JUDGMENT DATED: 22/12/2025 2025:GUJHC:73535 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 169 of 2010 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus DHEDABHAI @ DHIRUBHAI BABARBHAI KO.PATEL ========================================================== Appearance: MS SHRUTI PATHAK, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 HCLS COMMITTEE(4998) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 MR. YOGENDRA THAKORE(3975) for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SANJEEV J.THAKER Date : 22/12/2025 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. Feeling aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the judgment and order of acquittal dated 11.9.2009, passed by the learned Special Judge & Presiding Officer, Fast Track Court, Valsad in Special N.D.P.S. Case No.1 of 2007, punishable under Section 20(A) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’), the appellant – State of Gujarat has preferr