Chetan Santosh Devore v. The State of Telangana

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking the Court to enlarge the petitioner on bail, who is arrayed as accused

No.9 in FIR No.1504 of 2025 of Medipally Police Station, Rachakonda Commissionerate, registered for the offences 2 punishable under Sections 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(B) of the NDPS Act, 1985.

The brief facts of the case are that on 25.12.2025, the de-facto complainant, on reliable information, had conducted raid and found accused Nos.1 and 2 in possession of 3.030 kgs of ganja and he immediately reported the same to the police and the police seized the contraband and a case was registered against them for the above said offences. Basing on the confession statement of accused Nos.1 and 2, the petitioner herein is arrayed as accused No.9.

Heard Sri P.V.L. Bhanu Prakash, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri M. Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent of the said allegations and there is no seizure of contraband from the petitioner herein and he is in jail since 30.01.2026 and the seized contraband is 3.030 kgs of ganja, which is an intermediate quantity 3 and the material part of the investigation was already completed and there are no other cases pending against the petitioner. Therefore, he prayed the Court to grant bail to the petitioner by allowing this criminal petition.

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 there are no other cases pending against the petitioner and the investigation is not yet completed. Therefore, he prayed the Court to dismiss the criminal petition.

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 30.01.2026 and the seized contraband is

3.030 kgs of ganja, which is an intermediate quantity. Further, there are no other cases pending against the petitioner. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of the allegations, the stage of 4 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.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Principal Junior Civil-cum- IV Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Medchal-Malkajgiri district, Uppal at Medipally. 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 sheet whichever is earlier, for the purpose of investigation, thereafter, as and when required. 5 iii. The petitioner shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 437(3) of Cr.P.C. (presently, Section 480(3) of the BNSS).