O R D E R :

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking grant of bail to the petitioners, who are arrayed as accused Nos.1 and 2 in F.No.DRI/HZU/48A/ENQ-01(INT-01)/2026 on the file of the DRI, Hyderabad Zonal Unit, registered for offences punishable under Sections 8c r/w 20, 23, 27A, 28 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short “NDPS Act”).

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent-State.

3. The brief facts of the case are that on 30.01.2026, acting upon specific intelligence, officers of the DRI, Hyderabad, intercepted seven accused at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, who were allegedly involved in smuggling ganja from Bangkok to India. Accused Nos.4 to 7 arrived from Bangkok carrying contraband in their baggage and handed it over to accused Nos.1 to 3. Upon search, 40 packets containing ganja, weighing 27.15 kgs (commercial quantity), was seized.

4. It is the case of the prosecution that all the accused were part of a well-organized syndicate engaged in international drug trafficking and based on the said allegations, a case was registered under the provisions of the NDPS Act.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner/accused submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case, and that no specific overt acts are attributed to her.

6. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor contended that accused Nos.1 to 7, in active connivance with each other transported the contraband, which is more than commercial quantity. It is further submitted that an earlier bail petition filed by the petitioners in Crl.P.No.4789 of 2026 was dismissed by this Court on 30.04.2026. While dismissing the said petition, this Court categorically held that having regard to the gravity of the offence involving commercial quantity of contraband and the statutory bar under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, this Court was not inclined to grant bail.

7. The present application has been filed seeking enlargement of the petitioners on bail on the very same set of facts and circumstances. In view of the above, and considering the gravity of the offence, this Court is of the opinion that the petitioners have failed to satisfy the twin conditions stipulated under Section 37 of the NDPS Act for grant of bail. Therefore, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners. The Criminal Petition is devoid of merit and is liable to be dismissed.

8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. However, the petitioners are at liberty to renew the applications after a while.

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.