Suden Roy, v. The State Of Telangana Through P.S. Kolluru.
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT
HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8071 OF 2026 DATE : 04.06.2026 Between:
Suden Roy and Another.
...Petitioners/Accused Nos.3 & 4
AND The State of Telangana, Through P.S. Kolluru, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad.
...Respondent/Complainant
ORDER:
This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short "BNSS") seeking to grant bail to the petitioners, who are arrayed as accused Nos.3 and 4 in Crime No.593 of 2025 on the file of the Kollur Police Station, Cyberabad Commissionerate, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c) r/w. 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 23.11.2025, the defacto complainant lodged a report before the police stating that based upon credible information, the police immediately conducted inspection upon reaching the spot, and apprehended three persons, namely Mithun Barman, Suden Roy, and Rejaul Shaik, who were allegedly found in possession of ganja. During the search, a total of 41.9 kg of ganja was seized from their bags along with three mobile phones. The accused allegedly confessed to procuring the contraband from West Bengal and selling it to labourers for profit. Based on the seizure and panchanama, the police registered the said case against the accused for the above said offences.
3.
Heard Sri Palle Sriharinath, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners/accused Nos.3 and 4 and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State.
4.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are in judicial custody since 23.11.2025 and are innocent of the said allegations. It is further submitted that the petitioners herein are falsely implicated in this case and the contraband, namely kgs of ganja, seized from the petitioners/accused Nos.3 and 4 is an intermediate quantity and
does not attract Section 37 of the NDPS Act. It is further submitted that the material part of the investigation is already completed and that there are no criminal antecedents against the petitioners. Therefore, he prayed the Court to grant bail to the petitioners by allowing this Criminal Petition. 5.
On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners. He however submitted that material part of the investigation is completed, charge sheet has been filed before the competent Court, and that there are no other cases pending against the petitioners.
6.
In the light of the submissions made by both the learned counsel and upon perusal of the material available on record, it appears that the petitioners are in judicial custody since 23.11.2025 and the material part of the investigation is already completed. Further the seized contraband from the possession of the petitioners is 20 kgs of ganja, which is an intermediate quantity.
7.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of the allegations, the stage of investigation, and the duration of incarceration, this Court finds it a fit case to grant bail
to the petitioners/accused Nos.3 and 4, subject to the following conditions:
i.
The petitioners/accused Nos.3 and 4 shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each, with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Sangareddy, Sangareddy District.
ii.
After release, the petitioners/accused Nos.3 and 4 shall appear before the concerned SHO between 10:00 a.m. to 01.00 p.m., on every Sunday for a period of four (4) weeks or till filing of charge sheet, whichever is earlier, for the purpose of investigation, and thereafter, as and when required and shall cooperate with the investigation. iii.
The petitioners/accused Nos.3 and 4 shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 437(3) of Cr.P.C. (presently, Section 480(3) of the BNSS).
iv.
The petitioners/accused Nos.3 and 4 shall not tamper with the investigation.
v.
In the event, the petitioners are found to be involved in any other offence subsequent to the grant of bail, the respondent-Police authorities are at liberty to seek cancellation of the bail order.
8.
Accordingly, the Criminal petition is allowed.
Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.
________________________________________ JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO Date: 04.06.2026 mvm