THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.99 of 2025

ORDER:

The present Criminal Petition is filed praying this Court to enlarge the petitioner who is arrayed as accused No.1 in Crime No.233 of 2024 before the Kodad Rural Police Station, Suryapet District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 29 and 20(b)(ii)(c) of the Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, (for short ‘NDPS’) on bail.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on November 17, 2024, at around 16:00 hours, Sub-Inspector of Police, Kodad Rural Police Station, received information about a person transporting ganja from Vijayawada to Hyderabad in a Honda City car with registration number AP 11 AM 9991. The car was intercepted at Chimiryala Cross Road, and the occupant, petitioner/A1, confessed to transporting ganja. A search of the car revealed 37 packets of ganja weighing 37.46 kg, which were seized. Petitioner confessed to have acted on instructions from A2, who had provided the car and an advance payment of Rs. 3 lakhs to transport the ganja. The seized ganja and petitioner were taken to the police station, and a case was registered against petitioner and A2. Aggrieved ther