HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.3508 AND 3525 of 2026 Date: 07.04.2026 Between:

Mr. Nalla Rathan ...Petitioner/Accused No.9 in Crl.P.No.3508 of 2026 Mr. C. Chaitanya ...Petitioner/Accused No.9 in Crl.P.No.3525 of 2026 AND The State of Telangana, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad ...Respondent : COMMON ORDER :

Crl.P.No.3508 of 2025 has been filed by the petitioner/accused No.6 and Crl.P.No.3525 of 2025 has been filed by the petitioner/accused No.9 seeking to quash the proceedings in SC.NDPS.No.140 of 2024 on the file of the I Additional District Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar, for the offence under Sections 21(a), 21(b), 22(c), 27 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, ‘the NDPS Act’).

2. Heard Mr. Omar A. Pasha, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Mr. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing on behalf of the respondent-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners have not committed any offence and have been falsely implicated in the