Palaka Lochan Srikar v. The State Of Telangana,

THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.9963 of 2025 ORAL ORDER:

Seeking the Court to enlarge the petitioner-accused No.26 in Crime No.2 of 2025 of Cyberabad Narcotics Police Station, Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8 (c), 20(b)(ii)(A), 22(a), 22(b), 27(a), 27(b) and 29 of Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Rules, 1985 (for short 'NDPS Act'), on bail, the present Criminal Petition is filed.

2.

The brief facts of the case are that on 07.07.2025, on reliable information, police laid a trap between 19:00 hours to 19:30 hours and caught hold of the accused and seized the contraband of 10 grams of cocaine, 1.6 grams of ecstasy pills, 3.2 grams of OG weed ganja, as such the accused person was taken into custody and the police registered a case against the accused vide Crime No.2 of 2025 for the above said offences. 3.

Heard Sri K. Siddarth Reddy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri Syed Yasar Mamoon,

learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for respondent - State.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent and there is no seizure effected from the petitioner in person and that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents and there are no medical tests conducted by the Investigating Officer to prove that he is a consumer. He further submitted that the petitioner was arrested on 02.08.2025 and that the material part of the investigation has been completed. 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 by contending that the allegations against the petitioner were serious in nature and that the investigation is in progress and if the petitioner is released on bail, at this stage, he may tamper with the evidence and may threaten the witnesses. Therefore, he prayed the Court to dismiss the criminal petition.

6.

In the light of the submissions made by both the learned counsel and a perusal of the material available on

record, it is observed that the petitioner has been in jail since 01.08.2025 and has no criminal antecedents and that the contraband seized is of intermediary quantity, and as the material part of the investigation has been completed, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court deems 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.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only), with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judicial Magistrate of First Class (Prohibition and Excise) Ranga Reddy-cum-V Additional Metropolitan Magistrate-cum-V Additional Junior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy 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, for the purpose of investigation, and thereafter, as and when required.

iii.

The petitioner shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 483(3) of BNSS.

7.

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

_______________ K. SUJANA, J Date: 12.08.2025 ss/js

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.9963 of 2025 Date: 12.08.2025 ss/js