THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8374 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhitha, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking bail to the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2 in COR No.113 of 2025 on the file of the Prohibition and Excise Station, Bhadrachalam, registered for the offences 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 in brief is that on 09.05.2025, upon receipt of credible information, the Police apprehended the accused while they were transporting 67.570 kgs. of ganja in a Mahindra XUV 500 bearing registration No.RJ-27-UB-3055. Basing on the same, present crime was registered.

3. Heard Mr. M. Phanindra Bhargav, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Mr.Syed Yasar Mamoon, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners have not committed the offence and they were falsely implicated in the present crime. He further submitted that the police have not followed the mandatory procedure as co