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 lvlokila ... Res pondenUcom plaina nt Petition under Section 482 and 483 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge Petitioner/ Accused No. 4 on regular bail in Cr.No.217 of 2025 of Police Station fvlokila on the file of the I Addrtional Distrrct and Sessions Judge, Rangareddy Distnct, at LB Nagar on any condition and any other order which the court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case may be also passed in favor of the Petitioner/ Accused No. 4 in the interest of justice. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Pasham Trivikram Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Sri D.Arun Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: ORDER THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. SU'TANA CRIMINAL PETITION No'11371 of 2023 ORAL ORDER: Scckiir.g the Ctlur-[ tc e nlarge thc petilior t(-r' \\ ho is arrzrr cC its rtrlcrlse(l No.z+ in C;.imc No-2 17 ol '2A ):-t ol '4okrla baii, the Policc Staiir;n. Clvberaberd C()mlnisssiolleratc prcs('nt Crinllllrrl I'erition is iiieij

2. Thc i:iit'1 fii( Ls of lht' c:-'sc :rre that on 0B i '; l)0,l5 thc polict' zrpprt ht'ncled itrur pcrsot-rs at Brindavilrl Vollluro' KO[h.rru, rt'h() rterc moving under- suspici<lus ci; t L rnsliIl]ccs' On t:nqutn'. il rt'as irllcged lhat thcy were ln 1rosscssion of ganj::. A scizurc pancl'rnama \1"rs prepared' arril 10 l<gs oi gzrnja u'erc:Llk'gcrlL5'rccovcrcd irom A1, A2' and \3 cach' and 8 kgs from A1 (t]rc Pctitioncr)

3. Hearci Sri Pasharn Tr-ivikrzrm Reddy, Ieart t' cl cottnst:l appr:i:.ring otr ireh:rlf of tl're pcrilioner as well as 'r'i D Arun Public Prose cut<tr irlr1:'eanng fot Kumar, 1g211rcd Additional respondent State. 2 SKS'J Crl.P.No.11371of2o25

4. Learned counsel submitted that tl-re pe titioner / accused No.4 t,as innocent, lalsely implicated, and had no conncction u'ith '.hc alkrged o{Tcnces and that ltc rvas a respectablc r:itizcn, permirncnt resident, and solc brcadrvinner ol his lamil!', $,ith no criminal anteccdents. He further submitted thc petitioner was not required for lurthcr invcstigation or custotiial interrogation, there u'as no recoverv to bc madc from [rim, a r-rc1 hc undr:rtook not to tamper u'ith cviclence or influence r,r,itircsses. 'lherefore. he pral,ed the Court 1o gr.rut bail to the pctitioner try allorving this criminal pctilion.

5. On the other hand. learned Additional Public Prosccutor opposcd the submissions made by the learncd coutnsel for the pctitioner stating that the pctitioner is a drug peddler. IIe furthcr submitted that the investigation is in progress ancl if the pelitioner is relcased on bail, at this stage, he may tampcr with the evidcnce and may threaLen the witnesses. Hcnce, he prer-yecl lhc Courl to dismiss the criminal petition.

6. This Court, considering submissions made by both the learnecl counsel and reviewing the materiaI available on recorcl, it is noted that the contention of the petitioncr th.rt the casc is false, fictitioLts, and fabricated, the case u'as registered 3 SKS,J ll37l of 2025 Cri. ' t \.ithout follori'ir-rg thtr due procedurc. Howevcr, Lir' Additional Public Pros-'r'Lltor opposcs llail citing comlr('l ' i,i <luantit-v 'nt to note . Al this s1:rgc, it ts Per- u.eighing 38 Ii'1 oi- g:rrljrr Sr:ction 37 ol i.tc NDPS Act, s hich reads ils und(' '3,. ()ffen(.s [o l)c (ogn]z3ble anrl notr ];ai ' lll NoI\rlthstan(lrn3 anrtltirlg conl?tincG il (lot c rf Llrirttttt;rl Ptoittlurc, 1973 (2 of 197 1 eve-r offr:ncc P,lt',ishi:ble rtndcr thls Acl sh.lil cog r rzatr)c; 1,.. (ri (1r) ::o irr'rsott aclrtscri l)i alr oiieoc. I)Ir ishal)l ' 1[of!'r'r ct's il]td.rr su('Lioil l() ot- secliorl 24 c,r srl'- '27 A '.tnd also lirr oll(rnces involling comnit i qualrrit\'l shall lrt: rt--iaased ot.t batl or on i.iis I ')r r1 11 Ironrl u:r lt'ss (i) tlrr: i'ubiic: o l)p,)rrLl rri t\ to rcle;sc.;rncl ProsccLltor opposc thc I-ras becn givert :tn apptication lbr ;r t, h {ir) \\h('re the Public Prcscculor opposesl appr.i1tron. th(' court is satisfierl that lhell rcas()nal)le groLrnds ior irel;trving tllat he is grirlr', rl suth oiicirce urn(l tlar Ile is not iil<rl rx>rnrni: :rn,, oftc rrce rrllle on bail. ,i,t (2) 'r'lrc linrrtations ort granLin!l of bail specihcri .t clausc (lrl oi sub s('c1i()n (1) atle rn a(ldition io :r.' Iimil:ltrorrs undt:r the Codc ol- Crlrnirlal Prcced I li , 197.1 {2 of lq7+) or an\ oiher laru lbr the timr: bi L3 in lbrr:er on granting ol l)ail " \ 4 SKS'J Crl.P.No. r 137l of2o25 ':. ' . ?", in vier.r tl'rercof. Section 3T of the NDPS Act mandates 7. th.rt oale llccs involving r:cmmcrcizrl quantitics be non-berilable' rcquirrt'rg reasollablc grounds lo believc the zrccused is not on bail' gurlir atrd iLrllikolv to commit lurthcr offences Givcn thc serious zrllegations against the petitioner' this Court "vhile isnotsiltislicdthatCollditionslorgrantingbailunderSection -37 arc mel. Thcrclore, thc criminal petition lacks merit arnd the s:Imo is li:rblc to be dismissecl B AccorcJirtgh',',-his Crin-rirlal f)ctition is dismisscd Misccllancous applications, if any pending' shall stand c:loscd SD/. V.KAVITHA PUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER ,) To, 1 2 3 4 The lAdditional District and Sessions Judge, Rangareddy District at L. B. Nagar. The Station House Offrcer, Mokila Police Station, Cyberabad. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad [OUT] One CC to Sri Pasham Trivikram Reddy, Advocate [OPUC] Two CD Copies NVB/I)SL HIGH COURT DATED:1710912025 ORDER CRLP.No.11371 of 2025 i.,:). tS ti ; 2925 i),:SP,r. i ,z '/ .. DISMISSING THE CRIMINAL PETITION _--2g /,4"1 ,/7 /zo,z(