Kaliwala Satish @ Kali Satish v. The State Of Telanagana

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT

HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.7867 of 2026 Between:

Kaliwala Satish @ Kali Satish ..Petitioner/accused No.7 And The State of Telangana, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana, Hyderabad ..Respondent ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS') for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner/accused No.7 in connection with C.O.R.No.155 of 2025 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Balanagar, registered for the offences punishable under Section 8 (c) read with Section 20 (b) (ii) (B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short 'NDPS Act').

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Brief facts of the case are that on 18.11.2025 at about 12:08 AM, the SHO, Balanagar Team conducted a road at House No.10-

8-351, Fateh Nagar and during the search they detected the illegal, sale, possession and transportation of Dry ganja and the contraband i.e. 12.262 kg of dry ganja and sale proceeds of Rs.7,690/- and Ziploc covers and Samsung Mobile Phone and the same were seized and accused Nos.1 to 6 were arrested while the petitioner was shown as accused No.7. Basing on the seizure panchanama, a case was registered vide C.O.R.No.155 of 2025 for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c) read with 20 (b) (ii) (B) of the NDPS Act, 1985.

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Heard Sri M.Amarnath, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Sri M.Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondent - State. 4.

Learned counsel for the Petitioner submitted that the Petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and nothing was recovered from his possession. The name of the petitioner was incorporated in the crime basing on the confessional statement of co-accused. He relied upon the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Vijay Singh v. State of Haryana1 wherein the petitioner was granted bail on the ground that he was named by the co-accused and that he was granted bail in another crime of similar nature. Since the petitioner herein also stands on 1 SLP to Appeal (Crl.) No.1266 of 2023

the same footing, he prayed for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner/accused No.7.

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Learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and contended that the investigation is in progress, however, he did not dispute about naming of petitioner by the co-accused in their confession.

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Since the name of the petitioner was mentioned in the case basing on the confessional statement of the co-accused, and in view of the aforesaid judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, this Court is of the considered opinion that it is a fit case to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner subject to the following conditions:- i. The petitioner/accused No.7 shall surrender before the Station House Officer, Prohibition and Excise Station, Balanagar, within a period of two weeks from today and on such surrender, the said S.H.O. shall release him on bail on his executing 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 said S.H.O.

ii. The petitioner shall appear before the concerned SHO at 11:00 a.m., on every Monday for a

period of eight (8) weeks or till filing of charge sheet whichever is earlier, for the purpose of investigation, and thereafter, as and when required.

iii. The petitioner shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 437(3) of Cr.P.C.

(presently, Section 480(3) of the BNSS).

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Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. ____________________________________ VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY,J prat/eds

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 7867 of 2026 prat/eds