THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.15314 of 2025

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) by the petitioner/accused No.20 seeking to quash the proceedings against him in SC NDPS.No.252 of 2024 pending on the file of the II Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, at Nampally, Hyderabad, registered for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 8(c) r/w. 22(b) and 27 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’).

2. Heard Mr.Md.Nazeeruddin Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent No.1-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner’s name is said to have come to light based on the confessional statement of the co-accused, who identified the petitioner as a consumer of the substance. Except for this statement, there is no other material against the petitioner to support the prosecution. Thus, the continuance of proceedings against the petitioner for the alleged offence is unsustainable. Further, learned counsel submits