THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION No.5809 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 petitioner, seeking quahment of the proceedings in Crime No.480 of 2025 pending on the file of P.S., Medipally, Rachakonda for the offences under Sections 274, 275 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and Section 20 (2) Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTP Act). 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, and Sri M.Vivekananda Reddy, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent – State. Perused the record.

3. Brief facts of the case of the petitioner is that on 27.03.2020 while police were in patrolling, they found the petitioner along with other accused Nos.1 and 2 possessing, selling and purchasing the banned products viz., gutka and ganja respectively, for which, the Police registered a case against the petitioners for the offences alleged against the petitioners are that Sections 188, 269, 270, 272 and 273 of the IPC. Section 8 (c) read with Section 20 (b) (ii) (B) of the NDPS Act and Section 20 (2) of the COTP Act, respectively. Basing on the said complaint the Poli