THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8552 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to, as ‘BNSS’) seeking bail to the petitioners/accused Nos.1, 3 and 4 in Crime No.300 of 2025 of Shamirpet Police Station, Cyberabad Commissionerate, registered for the offences under Sections 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(C), 27(A) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, ‘NDPS Act’).

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 06.04.2025 at about 0600 hours, the Station House Officer, Shamirpet Police Station, received a credible information that some persons are illegally possessing and transporting ganja from Odisha state to Haryana State via Nagpur in a Bolero Maxx vehicle bearing No.TG 08 T 2653 and the Inspector of Police along with staff and panchas noticed that at about 0840 hours the said Bolero was coming towards Shamirpet and stopped the vehicle and found the petitioners in the vehicle along with 273.165 kgs. of ganja. The police seized the said contraband along with other material evidence including mobile phones and vehicle, which