The Hon’ble Sri Justice J.Sreenivas Rao Criminal Petition No.5118 of 2025

Order

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This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking bail to the petitioner/accused No.2 in Crime No.45 of 2025 on the file of Kusumanchi Police Station, Khammam District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) r/w Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’). 2. The brief facts of the case are that on 24.02.2025, at around 20:30 hours, while the Sub-Inspector of Police, Kusumanchi Police Station, was conducting vehicle check along with his staff near Chegomma X Road, they found petitioner/accused No.2 and another person proceeding in Mahindra XUV 500 car bearing registration No.TS10 EJ7860 from Kusumanchi to Khammam in suspicious circumstances and apprehended them and seized 178.870 kgs of dry ganja from them. Based on their confession, the aforesaid crime was registered against the accused.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner/accused No.2 is innocent person and he did not commit any offence as alleged against him and he