THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.13275 OF 2025

ORDER :

This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 by the petitioner/A.2 seeking anticipatory bail in connection with FIR No.194 of 2025 of Ghanpur Police Station, Jayashankar Bhupalpally. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 8(c) r/w.20(b)(ii)(B) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’).

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 11.07.2025 on credible information that a person was transporting dry ganja to the outskirts of Gandhinagar village of Ghanpur Mandal for selling the same to needy people, the police proceeded to the spot and found a person moving in suspicious manner and on seeing them he tried to escape, but the police caught him. On enquiry he confessed that he is in possession of one packet of dry ganja in his bag and on examination, the police found dry ganja leaves and flowers emanating pungent smell consisting of 1.039 kgs. Hence, the same was seized from the possession of accused and complaint was lodged basing on which the police registered the case against the accused for the abo