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High Court for State of TelanganaCRLP/10341/2023disposed of no costs

Prajapathi @ Pukhraj Prajapat v. The State Of Telangana

2023-10-18K.Surender4 pages

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION NO.10341 OF 2023 ORDER:

1.

This Criminal Petition is filed under Sections 437 and 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short "Cr.P.C") seeking regular bail to the petitioner/Accused in Crime.No.590 of 2023 on the file of Pahadishareef Police Station, Rachakonda registered for the offence under Section 8(c) r/w. 20 (b) (ii) (C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short 'the NPDS Act').

2.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondentState and perused the record. 3.

The Pahadishareef Police apprehended this petitioner and found 250 gms of opium in small quantities in his possession. Having followed the procedure prescribed under NDPS Act, the petitioner was taken before the concerned Magistrate who had sent him to judicial custody on 01.10.2023. It is not in dispute

that there are no other cases pending against this petitioner.

4.

Since the contraband seized is intermediary quantity, the petitioner can be granted the relief of regular bail, subject to following conditions: i) The petitioner/Accused shall execute personal bond for a sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) with two sureties, for a like sum each to the satisfaction of Principal Junior Civil Judge-Cum-Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar.

ii) The petitioner/Accused after release shall appear before the concerned Station House Officer at 10:00 a.m. on every Monday and Wednesday for a period of eight weeks or till the charge sheet is filed, whichever is earlier, for the purpose of investigation.

(iii) The petitioner/Accused shall abide by the other conditions stipulated under Section 437(3) of Cr.P.C.

5.

Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is allowed. Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed.

_________________ K.SURENDER, J Date: 18.10.2023 dv

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 10341 OF 2023 Dt.18.10.2023 dv