Poojari Shiva, v. The State Of Telangana

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.813 OF 2026 19.02.2026 Between :

Poojari Shiva ...

Petitioner/A.2 And The State of Telangana, Through Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad ... Respondent ORDER :

This Criminal Petition is filed praying this Court to enlarge the petitioner on bail who is arrayed as accused No.2 in Crime No. 508 of 2025 of R.P.S. Secunderabad registered for the offences punishable under Section 8 (c) r/w.Section 20(b) (ii) (C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short 'NDPS Act').

2.

The brief facts of the case are that on 18.09.2025 at about 08.15 hours the S.I of Police along with his staff, RPS Secunderabad conducted a general checking in trains and on

platforms of Secunderabad Railway Station. At about 08.40 hours they found one male person under suspicious circumstances with two bags in general waiting hall on platform No.1. The police approached him and caught hold the petitioner and seized one red colour trolley suitcase and one back pack blue in colour and seized 21.443 kgs of Ganja from the possession of petitioner under a cover of panchanama and a complaint was lodged. Basing on the said complaint, a case was registered against the accused for the above offences. 3.

Heard Sri Gulab Singh, learned counsel for petitioner, and Sri Arun Kumar Doddla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondent-State. 4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent of the alleged offences and has been falsely implicated in this case for statistical purpose. The petitioner is the only bread earner of his family and he is having old aged parents who are bed ridden and suffering from ill health and he has to take care of them. The petitioner undertakes to cooperate with the investigation and shall abide by any conditions that may be imposed by this Court.

Petitioner is in jail from 19.09.2025, as such, prayed to grant regular bail to the petitioner.

5.

On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner stating that the seized quantity of ganja is a huge commercial quantity, therefore, the question of granting bail to the petitioner does not arise. Hence, he prayed the Court to dismiss the criminal petition.

6.

Having regard to the rival submissions made, and on going through the material placed on record, it is noted that petitioner is in judicial custody since 19.09.2025. That being so, considering the circumstances of this case in entirety, and the period of incarceration of petitioner, this Court deems it fit to grant bail to the petitioner, subject to following the below conditions:

i.

The petitioner shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) with two sureties for a like sum each, to the satisfaction of the II Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Railways, at Secunderabad.

ii.

The petitioner shall appear before the concerned SHO at 11:00 a.m., on every Wednesday for a period of eight (8) weeks, for the purpose of investigation, and thereafter, as and when required.

iii.

The petitioner shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 480(3) of the BNSS, earlier known as Section 437(3) of Cr.P.C.

7.

Accordingly, the Criminal petition is allowed. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.

_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 19.02.2026 PT

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.813 of 2026 DATE: 19.02.2026 PT