IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.582 of 2026 DATE OF ORDER:-22.01.2026 Between:

Faiq Ahmed Siddiqui, R/o.Hyderabad.

… Petitioner/Accused No.6 AND The State of Telangana rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad …Respondent

ORDER

1. This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’) seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused No.6 in Crime No.612 of 2025, on the file of the Court of XIV Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, City Criminal Court, Nampally, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c), 20b(ii)(A), 22(b), 22(c), 27(A), 29 and 27(b) of NDPS Act, 1985.

2. Heard Sri V.Gopalakrishna Gokhaley, learned counsel for the petitioner/accused No. 6 as well as Sri Jitender Rao Veeramalla, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent No.1-State.

3. When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned Additional Public Prosecutor has submitted a copy of instructions received from the Sub-Inspector of Police, Panjagutta Police Station, Hyderabad, which discloses t