THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.10948 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking the Court to enlarge the petitioner, on bail, who is arrayed as accused No.4 in S.C. NDPS No.71 of 2023 on the file of the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Medchal-Malkajgiri District at Kushaiguda.

2. Heard Sri P. Vishnuvardhana Reddy, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri Dominic Fernandes, learned Standing Counsel for CBIC appearing on behalf of the respondent.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner was falsely implicated and that there was no incriminating material to establish his involvement in the alleged offence and that the confessional statements recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act and Section 25 of the Evidence Act were inadmissible, and that the search and seizure were illegal, being in violation of Sections 42 and 50 of the NDPS Act. He further submitted that the investigation was completed, all witnesses were examined, and the petitioner had been in custody since 22.12.2022 for over 974 days despite his full cooperation. He contended that Accused No.2, similarly placed,