THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8371 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking anticipatory bail to the petitioner/accused No.7 in COR No.32 of 2025 on the file of Prohibition and Excise Station, Dhoolpet, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 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 around 12:15 PM, based on reliable information regarding ganja transportation on a maroon Honda Scooty (Reg. No. TS13EY0344), the Prohibition and Excise Inspector, along with staff and panchas, conducted a route watch near the Rani Avanti Bai Statue, Amlapur, Asif Nagar, Hyderabad. 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. 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, abandoning their vehic