THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA CRIMINAL PETITION No.6573 OF 2025

O R D E R:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 480 and

483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’) by the petitioners-accused Nos.2 and 3, seeking bail in COR No.140 of 2025 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Nizamabad registered for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) r/w 20 (b)(ii)(C) r/w 27(A) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (Amendment Act, 2001) (for short “NDPS Act,1985”).

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.V.Jithender Rao, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State. Perused the record.

3. The case for the prosecution, in brief, is that the petitioners herein are alleged to have been found in possession of 30 kgs of Ganja, which was seized from them. As the petitioners were in possession of the same, they have been charged with offences under Section 8(c)

r/w 20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 27(A) of the NDPS Act, 1985.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have nothing to do with the said offences and that the seizure made by the prosecution is against the provisions of th