THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9489 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail to the petitioner/accused No.4 in Crime No.32 of 2025 on the file of Prohibition and Excise Police Station, Dhoolpet, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Section 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’).

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 16.04.2025 at 12:15 PM, based on reliable information regarding ganja transportation on a Honda Scooty Registration No. TS 13 EY 0344, the Prohibition and Excise Sub-Inspector, along with staff and panchas, conducted a route watch near Rani Avanti Bai Statue, Amlapur, Asif Nagar, Hyderabad, meanwhile, one person arrived on the said Scooty carrying a bag. Upon being stopped and questioned, he identified himself as Thakur Akash Singh – accused No.1 and with his consent, the vehicle was searched and a plastic bag containing 8 brown tape-wrapped bundles of dry ganja was found. Meanwhile, two individuals on another Scooty fled the scene, aba