Mesram Bhujang 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.15706 of 2025 DATE: 03.12.2025 Between:
Mesram Bhujang .... 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 FIR No.329 of 2025 of Adilabad Rural Police Station, Adilabad District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(b) r/w 20(b)(i) of the NDPS Act, 1985.
2.
The brief facts of the case are that on 08.10.2025, the police on reliable information had conducted an inspection knowing that one person is cultivating Ganja Plants in his agricultural land and found the petitioner herein cultivating Ganja plants and seized 160 ganja plants in the said land and a case was registered against him for the above said offences.
3.
Heard Sri Soma Ravi Kiran Reddy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri Arun Kumar Doddla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent-State.
4.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent of the alleged offences and he is in jail from 09.10.2025 and there is no record to show that the petitioner is cultivating Ganja Plants in the said agricultural land and the weight of the quantity is not mentioned in the seizure report and it is an intermediate quantity and the investigations was already completed and there are not other cases pending against him.
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 and the seized quantity of ganja is 160 ganja plants, which is a huge quantity. It is further submitted that though the weight of the quantity is not mentioned, 160 ganja plants is a huge quantity and 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 09.10.2025 and the seized quantity of the ganja is 160 ganja plants, which were marked as T-1 7 feet, T-2 to T-7(6 trees) 6 feet, T-8 to T-114 (107 trees) 5 feet, T-115 to 154 (40 trees) 4 feet and T-155 to T-160 (6 trees) 3 feet and not mentioned the weight of the said ganja plants. 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 appropriate to grant bail to the petitioner/accused, subject to the following conditions. i.
The petitioner/accused 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 I Additional Sessions Judge, Adilabad.
ii.
The petitioner/accused shall appear before the concerned SHO at 11:00 a.m., on every Monday for a period of eight (8) week or till filing of charge sheet whichever is earlier, for the purpose of investigation, and thereafter, as and when required.
iii.
The petitioner/accused 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: 03.12.2025 TU
THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.15706 of 2025 Date:03.12.2025 TU