THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.12658 of 2025

ORDER:

Seeking the Court to enlarge the petitioner, who is arrayed as accused No.2 in Crime No.125 of 2025 of Begumbazar Police Station, Hyderabad, on bail, the present Criminal Petition is filed.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 22.07.2025, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Begum Bazar, Hyderabad, received credible information and apprehended three accused persons near Shezan Hotel, Nampally, for possession and sale of Mephedrone (MD drug). During the search, 100 grams of MD drug, three mobile phones, and a country-made pistol with live rounds were allegedly seized.

3. Heard Sri M. Muralidhar, learned counsel representing Sri Srinivas Nayak, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondent -

State.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner was a vegetable vendor and was falsely implicated solely on the basis of the alleged confessional statement of the co-accused, which had no evidentiary value in view of Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu, (2021) 4 SCC 1. He further submitte