THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.11608 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioners who are arrayed as accused Nos.1 & 2 in COR.No.60 of 2025 on the file of the Prohibition and Excise, SHO, Gadwal, Jogulamba Gadwal District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c) read with 22 of NDPS Act.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on July 12, 2025, at 3:00 PM, the Prohibition and Excise Sub-Inspector (P&ESI) DTF Gadwal, along with staff, conducted a raid at the Toddy Shop, TFT, Pathapalem, and seized 4 plastic crates of toddy, each containing 12 bottles of 650 ml, and 3 drums of toddy samples. Although the spot test showed the toddy was free from chloral hydrate, the authorities registered a case under Rule 27(1) of the Telangana Excise Rules 2007 due to suspicion. The seized samples were sent to the Chemical Examiner's lab in Hyderabad for analysis.

3. Heard Sri MP.Kashyap, learned counsel for petitioners, and Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent – State.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioners, innocent and respectable ci