The High Court · 2025

The State of Telangana, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad, through Station House Officer, PS Zaheerabad Town ... Res pon denUC om plaina nt Petition under Section 482 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant anticipatory bail to Petitioner/ Accused No.7 on any condition and direct the Station House Officer, PS Zaheerabad Town, Sangareddy District to release the petitioner/ Accused No.7 rn the event of their arrest in Cr.No.147 of 2025 on the file of PS Zaheerabad Town, Sangareddy District. CRIMINAL PETITION No: 8716 of 2025 Between: Srinivas Goud, @ Gandham Srinivas Goud, S/o G. Rama Goud, Aged about 43 years, Occ. Business, R/o H.No.2-18, Sunket Village, Morthad Mandal, Nizamabad District, T.S. ...Petitioner/Accused No.8 ANO The State of Telangana, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad, through Station House Officer, PS Zaheerabad Town ...RespondenUComplainant .ffi a'-i Petition unde. Section 482 of BNSS praying that rl the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, tlre High Court may be pleased to grant anticipatory bail to Petitioner/ Accused No.8 on any condition and direct the Station House Officer, PS Zaheerabad Town, Srrrgareddy District to release the petitioneri Accused No.B in the event of their arrest in Cr.No.147 of 2025 on the file of PS Zaheerabad Town, Sangareddy Distric This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing tlte [t4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the argur.r.nts of Sri Pasham Trivikram Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioners both the CRl. i's and the Sri Syed Yasar Mamoon, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of th: Respondent in both C RLPs The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER -3{-|-.ryi1.i '/ TIIE IION'BLE SFII JIJSTICD J.SFIEENIVAS FLAO CFTIMIN AL PETITION Nos.S7OO and 8716 of 2025 OMMON ORDER Criir-rinal Petitiorr No.87OO is liled by pcti tioncr / accLI sccl Nt-r.'-l, zrnc[ Crirttina[ [)ctition No.87 16 of 2025 is filcct by thc petitioncr / accused No.8, under Scction 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Surz,rksha Sanhita, 2-023 (lor sh()r1 , 'ljtNSS') sct:[<irrq i'rtrlicilllrtory b:ri] irl c()nncction rvitLr <--rittle No.I4 7 c-rf 2021> on l1-re lile of thc Station House C)fliccr, Zahecrabacl 'l-rlwn i)olice Station, Sangareddy District registerc(l for the <llfct-r<:cs punishablc under Sectiot-is 8(c) r/u' 22(r).27(A) ancl 29 of the Narcotic Dru.gs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for strort 'NDPS Act'). Hcnce, thesc Lrvo criminal pelitions are heard LogcLhcr and art: bt:rttg rlispcrst:cl c.rl'llv Lhis c()mmon orcler'

2. 't'he case of prosectt tior-r in brief is that on

15.O5.2O25 at 13 OO hours tl'rc Inspector of Police, Zahecr abad -l<>u.n on receil)t ol' tr-r l<lrm:rLion th:rt one pcrson, aged 25 -vcars was coming from Pune side to Zaheerabad in a bus betu'een 1O OO hours to 15-OO hours and wiil be delivcrirtg Alprtizolam lo his r:Llstorner, rn'ho was corning in a c:ar bearir-rg No 'l-S 09 EV 7353, at \.,,.. Indraprasta Ventlrrc t-oad, besidc Nation:rl I Iitlhwzt.1. No.(r5, the policc \^rcnt to Lhc said plarcc anrl ca uqht ilccusr:c1 Nos.l and z and 77O grams of Alpri.rzolam \\.:rj seizecl frorn thc pr>sscs:;iort o[ :rr.crrsr:cl No.1 in lrr o 1r. r.l<r:t s rr. ;r-2(J gr:llrs ancl 25O qr:1nts in c:aclt p:rr:l<ct. ()rt Lterr-()ea1i()n. accused Nos.1 :rr-rd 2 confcssed aboutt tl-rc: ir rvol.r,c,ment of o(hcr accusccl pcrsorrs. Accuscd No.2 corrli.r.scd l lt:rt onc: Sees:rla Nzrrrr (ioucl of l(:rrrrarccldy pur<:lt..r :;:.cl 5 kgs of AIlrr:rz,o1arn in r-nr-rltiple ph ar ses.

3. I Ir:ard N4r.I)aslt:rm -l'rivikram t?ccld,,,. l: r -rrc, l <.oLu.rsc_,1 ftrt tl-rr: pe tlli()t-l('rs :rrrd I\4r-. SYc:d yursar N4rLlroori. lcarnr:c[ Aclditional Public Prr>secutor appearing frl . respor-iclcnl Statc.

4. [.czrrnccl counscl for the pctitirtrters s . i rrnit 1cd lltal lhr: pctitioncrs Itavc rrot committecl any offt,rrr:c :rncl thcy w(i re la1scl,1 irlplicatcd in thc prescnt crit i, i1s zrccuscd NOs-7 :rncl 3 onl-1, bzrsing upon thc colllitssi ,n :i[.rt()nt(.r]t r:tvcr-r lt,r, 1lr,' 61[11'r :r<:cusccl. 'l'l'rc zrllcgccl L]()l I I r-altl:lttcl \\.ils scized from thc other accused. Hence the. tngrcclicr-rts <tf Scctions 8(r') r/r,v 22(<.-),27(A) and 29 of thr: ir.DpS Acr arc not al tracl Cd again st the petitioners I I(' 1-r:rt h<:r submiLLed trtat accus()d Nos.2, 4 to 6 ancl 1rJ r,vt:rc ar-rcs1c:cl ancl thcy \\rerc cnlargecl on b:ril- liven accorcling to thi: prosccutiorr, I 7 wiLncsscrs \vcr(l (lxamincd. He also submitted that entit-e invesligation has been completcd exccpt filir-rg of charge shcct. He I'urthcrr submitlcd that accuscci No.7 is ztccused irt Crirne No. 148 of 2025 on thc f-rlc ol lloclhan Rural Policc Statiolr, whcrein thc Iczrrned Additional District and Scssions .Judge, Nizzrrnabad grantcd bail 02.06.2025. 1'hc pctitiorrcrs a1'c t-cerdy ancl willing to cooperatc with the investigieLion ar-rd [l-rcy rvill arbidc by thc l)ctiliolle r/?rccuscd No 7 conditions, which art: goitl13 to bc ini;-rosecl by this Court' Hcnce, prayed Lo grant anticiPator]' baril to thc pct itioners'

5. Pe-r contrrz, lcarned Adclitional Public Prosecutor submits that the pctitior-rers Lravc cont mittcd lhe gravc offence and Lhe policc seizecl tho c()ntrabal-rd i e' 77O grirms ol Alprazolam, r.r'hich is in cotnrnerci:rl quantiLy' He lurlher subrnitted that the petitioncrs are nol cntitled to seek anticipatory bail mercly on Lhc ground of granting regul:rr bail in favou.r o[ clthcr accused. Espccially, accused No.7 is invoLvecl in ar-roll-rer similar oflence in Crime No.148 of 2025 arlcl ttre invcstigation is under progress. Therefore, the pctitiollers itrc not entitled for ./- -1 !--\1 :-#EEt!H*,r. r -'!ri'!.- --- -": -' grant o{- anticipatorv bail

6. I{zrving cor-rsiclcrcd tht' rival sultrnissiott., r"r:rclc br.tit<' respccti\,c 1t:rr-tics rlnd :tft<:r- pcrr:s:rl of r lrt: rrtatcrial avajlal;lc orr rccorcl. it rc\/c.rls that Ltrc lolir:r' seizecl corrtrab:rncl i.e.77O grarrts ol Alprnzolal.rr. \\'lt,()lt is in commcr'<:i:r1 c1u:lttit.1,. As yt<:r thc pro,,risictn:i t)l t hr: NIJtTS Act. 5 grzlrr)s ol' Alltrazolanr is srnal) cluar r tv rrr-rd lOo gr.rms ol- Alltrazol:trn is cornrlcrcial quar-rtity. ln the c:rsr: on lreurcl. hrrgc qLl:utlity ol' 7OO grafirs of .\] I -lrzol:rrr u its seized. 'l'he rccor-cl f-urthcr rcveals thaL ar:t.lrsr:rl No.7 is :rlso inr,olvrlC ir-r :rrrothet c[lsc in Crirnc No, 4n of 2025 registercrl for tl'rc offct'rccs pur-risl-r:lbl,,. r-rnclcr 1]-rc provisior-rs cf NDPS Act. llvt:r-r accordir-rg t r tlrr: lc:rrnr:cl Aclclitiorr:rl l)ublic I)r()secut()r, the investrgir I rrr ]S unricr Progrcss

7. At thir.i stagc. it is pc:rtinent tr> ot)sr'r vr: t lraL t hci Cor.trts e:xcrcise carrtion while dealing u,it l . rrn 'icipator5, bail pctitions ir-r Nl)l)S czrse s cluc to thc scr-i., _rs naturc ol' thcse ol'[cr-rces. (]r:_rnting ztnticipatory bir I in regu Ia r lTrirnncr mav hampcr the invcstigation, :lllor,. l lrt it crcusccl to abscon(1, ancl un<l<:rminc public intercsl rr [)r-even l tg rrrtd controllLng thcs<; offcnccs. w a. That bcirrg so, the IJon'ble SLlprernc Court has consistcntly hcld that atrticipatorv bail shor.rld not be grar-rtcd i r-r N DPS cascs as il matLcr of routine. Irt thc t:asc ol Tarabai ws. State of Maharashtral, thc HoIt'blc Supremc Court obscrved tl-rert th(j l]rilnt of ar-rticipaLorv bail in N DPS cases rnay h:rmpcr lhe invcstigertion and enable 1l-rc accuscd to destrov evidcnc<:. Similarly, in tht: casc of Kishore Samrite vs. State of Uttar Pradesh2, thc Hon'ble Suprcrnc Court reiter.rtecl th:1t anticipator-y bail sho uld n ot bc grantcd in N D PS ca scs .ls a rnatt cr of c() u r-sc g. In light of the aforesaid judicitrt pronouncemctrts and slatLltory provisions, and mindful ol-thc f-zrct that the grant ol' prc.arrcsL bzril at a stagc u'hcn [hc irrvcstigartiorl is still ir-r progress, rnay irrrpedc thc: invcstigativc process and potcntially prejuclice the case oI tl-rc prosccution, obse rves thert thclc :ir(-' no mcriLs in this crimintll pctitior-l to grant pre-arrcsL l>:ril Lo the petilioncrs anc.l tl-rc szrme is liablc to bc clismissed. 1O. Insofar as the other conlentiorr raised by the iczlrncd counsel for the petitioners that since other accused were ' [1983) 2 SCC 68 , [201 2] i0 scc 632 ( ( -mF! '. , - .:-"r:I:a!. '-....-; J 6 enlilrgccl o1t l)ail, thc pctitioncrs err-r: also ct-litle(l for gr-art of arlrticipat ;r'r. b:ril js concer-ncd. t I-rc r-cc():-, 1 rr:r.czrls thrrl otl-rcr :.t<:rtrtscci \\.cr(' err-rr:stc'cl atnd thc1. \\ cr(, qratrttcrl resLrlar Itail 'l'l-rr' pctitiont:rs Iilcd thesc crinrin:rl pctiLions sct'l<ing :rntr<'ip:rton' )t:ril. H<'rtce, tl-re petiti,rr,tcr s t1r (, n()r entillecl for :lr-ant of anticipatory b:ril on thc srricl lgrorrncl. 1 1. z\c<:orc inglv, br>th thc: Crirr-rinarl )r:titior-rs .tr(l clisrrtisscd. As a :;t clurc'l tlrcrcto. rniscclllrrrcoLls ir ) tlir.ations. il an-y, pendilrg i:r t1-ris ltctitror-t stand closcd SD/. A.PRATHIMA PUTY REGISTRAR I) l: \ //TRUE COPY// ,L.r,o* oFFrcER I I i i I I To, I[:,:"1rr,""

1. The Additional Judicral First Class Magistrate at Zaheeracad. , House off icer, zahi AbaJi;;;i,.ri* sLl ".1 3 Two ccs to tne pubric prosecutor, High court for the srate of rerangana at 4. One CC to Srr pasham Trivikram Reddy, Advocate [OpUC] Hyderabad IOUTj S-ansareddy U 5. Two CD Copies , NVB/PSI- HIGH COURT DATED:2210712025 COMMON ORDER I 'il TM'' L . ) ..2 t" CRLP.Nos.8700 and 8716 of 2025 DISMISSING THE BOTH CRIMINAL PETITIONS I /,2 /4 2o',/,/ 5