IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.2458 of 2026 DATE: 24.04.2026 BETWEEN:

Maram Bhanu Kumar …..petitioner/accused NO.4 And Union of India.

…..Respondent/complainant

ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed praying this Court to enlarge the petitioner on bail who is arrayed as accused No.4 in SC.NDPS.No.71 of 2023 on the file of the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Medchal-Malkajgiri District at Kushaiguda, registered for the offences punishable under Sections

22, 23, 27-A, 28, 29 of the NDPS Act.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on specific intelligence, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence conducted a search on 21.12.2022 at a clandestine factory at Chengicherla, Hyderabad, and seized about 135.47 kgs of Mephedrone along with machinery and raw materials used for its manufacture. The petitioner/A-4 was allegedly found present at the premises and was caught red- handed while manufacturing the contraband along with other accused. Statements of the petitioner and co-accused recorded under Section 67 NDPS Act, along with scientific reports, confirm the seized substance as Mephedrone, an