THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION No.5818 OF 2025

O R D E R:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNSS”) by the petitioners/accused Nos.21 and 22, seeking quashment of the proceedings in S.C.NDPS.No.252 of 2024, pending on the file of II Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge at Nampally, Hyderabad.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, and Sri M.Vivekananda Reddy, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent – State. Perused the record.

3. The petitioners, arrayed as accused Nos.21 and 22 in S.C. NDPS.No.252 of 2024, are facing accusation under Sections 8 (c) r/w 22(b) & 27 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the name of the petitioner is said to have came to light upon the confessional statement of the co-accused, as a consumer of the substance. Except for the statement, there is no other material against the petitioner for prosecution. Thus, continuation of the proceedings against the petitioner for the alleged offence is unsustainable. Further, the counsel pleaded that this Court, in similar cases, has he