The applicant, Subhash Hiraram Keraram Godara, sought regular bail before the Gujarat High Court in connection with an FIR registered at DCB Police Station, Ahmedabad City, for offences under Sections 8(C), 22(c), and 29 of the NDPS Act, involving alleged supply of mephedrone in commercial quantity. The applicant had been in custody since 26/28 February 2026, was arraigned solely on the basis of a co-accused's statement, and nothing was recovered from his conscious possession; the co-accused from whose possession the contraband was actually recovered had already been granted bail by a coordinate bench. The Court noted a serious failure by the Investigating Officer of the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, who was unable to demonstrate any corroborating evidence linking the applicant to the offence, and had not even sent the seized mobile phone to the FSL to retrieve deleted WhatsApp chats. Applying the twin conditions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act and principles from Supreme Court precedents on bail jurisprudence, the Court observed that prolonged pre-trial detention amounts to pre-trial conviction and that the flight-risk concern (the applicant being a resident of Rajasthan) could be addressed through stringent conditions. The Court found this to be a fit case for grant of bail.