O R D E R :

This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking to grant bail to the petitioner/accused No.2 in Crime No. 72 of 2026 on the file of Munipally Police Station, Sangareddy, registered for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

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

3. The brief facts of the case are that on the intervening night of 20/21.04.2026, at about 00:05 hours, on receiving credible information that the accused persons are illegally transporting and selling the contraband to the public to earn money in ease manner, the Police have seized 20.690 kilograms of dry ganja from accused persons. Hence, the complaint.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he is implicated in the present case with false and fabricated allegations. He further submits that the petitioner was apprehended on 21.04.2026 without following the mandatory provisions under the NDPS Act. He also submits that the petitioner is willin