Subham Kumar Gouda, v. The State Of Telangana,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION No.11508 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 petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2 in Crime.No.296 of 2023 on the file of Mahabubabad Town Police Station, Mahabubabad District, registered for the offence under Section 8 (c) r/w. 20 (B) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short 'the NPDS Act'). 2.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State and perused the record.

3.

The case of the Mahabubabad Town Police is that they have found these petitioners in possession of kg.15.260 gms of dry ganja and apprehended them.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners are students aged about 23 and 20 years and they were falsely implicated.

5.

On instructions, learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that there are no other cases pending against these petitioners.

6.

Keeping in view that the contraband seized is intermediary quantity and petitioners are students with no previous criminal history, this Court deems it appropriate to grant the relief of regular bail, subject to following conditions:- i) The petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2 shall execute personal bond for a sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) with two sureties, i.e., one local surety and other from their native place, for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the Special Sessions Judge for NDPS Act-CumPrincipal Sessions Judge at Mahabubabad.

ii) The petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2 after release shall appear before the concerned Station House Officer at 10:00 a.m. on every Monday for a period of eight weeks for the purpose of investigation and thereafter, as and when required.

(iii) The petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 2 shall abide by the other conditions stipulated under Section 437(3) of Cr.P.C.

7.

Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is allowed.

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending in this criminal petition, shall stand closed.

__________________ K.SURENDER, J Date : 28.11.2023 dv

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURENDER CRIMINAL PETITION No.11508 of 2023 Dt.28.11.2023 dv