Sohan Lal 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.8239 of 2026 DATE: 16.06.2026 Between:
Sohan Lal .... Petitioner/accused AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad.
.... Respondent/Complainant ORDER:
This Criminal Petition is filed seeking the Court to enlarge the petitioner on bail, who is arrayed as accused in F.I.R.No.640 of 2026 of L. B. Nagar Police Station, Malkajgiri Commissionerate, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c) r/w 18(b) and 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985. 2.
The brief facts of the case are that, on 04.05.2026, the de-facto complainant received credible information and immediately he conducted inspection and found the petitioner
herein along with other accused in possession of 752 grams of Opium and seized the contraband and a case was registered against him for the above said offences.
3.
Heard Sri Ch. Raj Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondentState. 4.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent of the said allegations and he is falsely implicated in this case and he is in jail since 04.05.2026 and the seized contraband is 752 grams of Opium, which is an intermediate quantity and the entire investigation is already completed. He further submitted that the custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not required for further investigaiton. Therefore, he prayed the Court to grant bail to the petitioner by allowing this criminal petition. 5.
On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposed the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner stating that the alleged offences are of the NDPS Act, as such, he is not entitled for the bail. However, he informed that that there are no other cases pending against
the petitioner. Further, the investigation is not yet completed. Therefore, he prayed the Court to dismiss the criminal petition.
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 petitioner herein is in jail from 04.05.2026 and the seized contraband is 752 grams of Opium, which is an intermediate quantity. Further, there are no other cases pending against the petitioner. As seen from the remand case diary, the prosecution witnesses, LWs 1 to 8 including the investigation authority have already been examined. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of the allegations, the stage of investigation, the duration of incarceration and the seized contraband, this Court finds it appropriate to grant bail to the petitioner, subject to the following conditions:
i.
The petitioner shall execute a personal bond for a sum of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only), with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned II Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class-
cum-II Metropolitan Magistrate, Ranga Reddy District, at L.B. Nagar.
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 heet 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).
7.
Accordingly, the Criminal petition is allowed. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.
_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 16.06.2026 TU
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.8239 of 2026 Date:16.06.2026 TU