IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2025 (arising out of SLP(Crl.) No. 16097/2025)
HAMIDKHAN MEHBUBKHAN PATHAN
APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
STATE OF GUJARAT RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
The appellant, Hamidkhan Mehbubkhan
Pathan, is aggrieved by the judgment and
final order dated 01.09.2025 passed by the
High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad in
R/Crl. Misc. Application No. 15238/2025,
denying him regular bail in connection
with First Information Report (FIR) No.
11191038240041 dated 18.01.2024 registered
with Police Station – Vatva, District –
1
Ahmedabad City, Gujarat, for the offences
punishable under Sections 8(c), 22(c) and
29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act, 1985.
The State of Gujarat filed its
counter affidavit/reply.
The appellant, Hamidkhan Mehbubkhan
Pathan, has been in prison since
18.01.2024 and the charge against him is
in relation to the seizure of 50.620 gms
of Mephedrone. We may note that the
commercial quantity prescribed in the NDPS
Act, in relation to Mephedrone is 50 gms.
It is not clear whether the
container/packet in which the 50.620 gms
of mephedrone was stored was weighed
separately and, if so, whether the actual
amount of seized quantity would qualify as
being above the commercial quantity.
That being one aspect of the matter,
we are informed tha...