THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.11138 OF 2025

ORDER:

The present Criminal Petition is filed praying this Court to enlarge the petitioner on bail, who is arrayed as accused No.1 in Cr.NCB F.No.48/1/1/2024/NCB/HZU of Kukatpally Police Station, registered for the offences under Section 8(c) read with Section 20(b)(ii)(c), Sections 27A, 28 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 11.04.2024, specific information was received by the de-facto complainant and the petitioner-accused and other accused were apprehended and also 721.42 kgs of ganja was seized. Basing on the same, the above said crime was registered.

3. Heard Sri P.Vikas Raj, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri V.T.Kalyan, learned Standing Counsel of Deputy Solicitor General of India appearing on behalf of the respondent.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner firstly submitted that though the petitioner/accused No.1 is only a driver of the vehicle, he is falsely implicated in the present crime solely based on the confession statement of accused No.2. He secondly submitted that the petitioner was in judicial custody sin