THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVASRAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4800 of 2025

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner, who is arrayed as accused No.5, seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No. 81 of 2024 of Damera Police Station, Warangal District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 8(c) read with Section 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, “the NDPS Act”).

2. Heard Sri Rathan Sing, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Syed Yasar Mamoon, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State.

3. The brief facts of the case are that on 08.06.2024, K.Ashok, Sub-Inspector of Police, PS Damera, received reliable information that three persons were transporting banned dry ganja from Toolugonda to Nasik, Maharashtra, in a KIYA SONET car. Ashok and his team, along with panchas and the clues team, intercepted the vehicle near Disney Land School, Oglipor village, and found 96 packets of dry ganja weighing 190.860 kg, valued at Rs.47,71,500/-. The accused, Yogesh Datt Gaikwad, Sominath Ramdas Khalate, and Gajji Sahadeva Ra