IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION Nos. 5764 AND 5499 OF 2026 DATE :27.04.2026 CRL.P.No.5764 of 2026 :

BETWEEN:

Shaik Ashraf Pasha …. Petitioner/A.1 AND The State of Telangana …. Respondent/

Complainant CRL.P.No.5499 of 2026 :

BETWEEN:

Hiranand Poddar …. Petitioner/A.2 AND The State of Telangana …. Respondent/

Complainant : COMMON ORDER :

These criminal petitions are filed under Section 480 &

483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 praying this Court to enlarge the petitioners on bail who are arrayed as accused Nos.1 and 2 respectively in Crime No.301 of 2026 of Hayathnagar Police Station, Ranga Reddy District. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections 8(c) r/w.20(b)(ii)(C) and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’).

2. The brief facts of the case are that, on 25.02.2026, the complainant received credible information that three persons were illegally transporting ganja in a Renault Duster bearing No.CG 04 KJ 9090 from Vijayawada towards Hayathnagar. The said information was reduced into writing, entered in the General Diary, and communicate