The High Court · 2025

Petitron under Section 480 AND 483 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Nlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner herein on bail in connection with COR No.54 of 2025 on the file of SHO, Malkajgiri Proh. and Excise Station, It/edchal Malkajgiri District, and to pass such other order or orders as this Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the l\/emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri REDDAMAINA THIRUPATHI, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri Arun Kumar Doddla, the Assistant Public Prosecutor (TG) on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following: ORDER THI' HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE K. fi....]AI{A CRIMINAL PETITION No.11648 of 2i)l;5 ORAL ORDE}:I: Sccking the Courl to ctrlargc thc petitiollcr !-rrl ls a rratr,.ed as accrtscd No.l2 ir-r Crime No.54 of 2025 ol-lvlaik iri j'roh itrition a;rd Excisc Poiit:e Stntion, Meclcl-ral Malkajgiri l)is r. r-n ba i,, the prescnt Crin-ri:'ral Petition is filed. 2 Thr briel facts of thc citse are t hat , on ore'. iir io r-i-,r: tio n, on 20.06.202o, the police conductcd a raid at H.l'; ),r-i.11./ 1Jq lr hr--re Lhc pet-tiont: rs wcre prcscnt. Durir-rg iile r'., ).t , l) q.-.r ms oi' M t)MA and 6.60 grams of OG were seize d from I i pr>sst'ssion of Acctrsr:d Nos.1 :rnd 2 un.Jcr the cover of zr p, ;l; i l, it l lii-, IllC accuscd rr"cre arrested, and a case was registered :l -- lllst lh(rri for olfcnccs punishable under SecLions 8(c) read " ' h 2 '){c) :Lnd 20(l))(ii)(A) cl. tire NDPS Act.

3. He:rrd Srr A. Mukundraj Gokul, Iearned crl ' . ;t'l :.rppt:ar ing on trelralf of Sri R Thirupathi, lcarned counseL apgr' ' irrg 'r'r lrt iralf ol t he pctrtiol)cr as well as Sri Arun Kumtlr I : ,rirlla , lt::lt'ned AssisLant Publjc Prosecutor appearing for respondr:' Stjlti. rlt' ', 2 SKS.J Crl.P. o-11648 of2025 @ \--r*' \

4. Learned counsel fbr thc pctitk)ner submitted that the petitroner is innocent and tl're allegations icvelcd against thc petitioner are false and ihai he has l,'ccr.r Lrlsely implicaLcd in the prcsen t crimc for statistical purposcs arld that the policc conducted thc search and i-ecordccl t he panchzrr-relma u'ithot-lt adhering to the mandaton' procedurcs prescribcd under the provisions of the NDPS Act. FIc funirer statcd th:rt thc petitioner was arrcsteci on 20.06.2025 and itr:; i the petitioner is lvilling to cooperate u,ith the investigaLion anci also rcady to abide b1. the conclitions, u,hich are going to tre imposcd by tllis Court. Thcreforc, he prayed lhc Court '.o l]i:inl bail to the pctit-ioncr by alltrwing this criminal p( tilion.

5. On the othcr hand, thc learrncil Aclditional Public Proseculor opposed the submisslons tradc bv lllc lcarned counsel for the petitioner, stating that the aileged contraband involved in this case r.e., 22.10 grams ol MDMA erncl 6.b0 grams of OG, which constitutos er commcrcial qullntity. Iie lurthcr submitted that the invcstigation is in progress and ii'lhc pctitioner is released on bai1, at this stage, he ma-v'. tamper $'ith the cvidence and mav threaten thc rvitnesses. Hencc, he pral'ecl thc Court to dismiss the criminal petition. t 3 SKS,J { rl.P.No- 11648 of 2025

6. Havinli rt--gard to thc rival submissions ;r rLCc 'ry both tht: le:rrned r:ourrsel ancl upon perusal of the matcrial 1-, aced on Iecord, it is nolcd lhart thc learncd counsel lor thc pcl,lr)ne- r:orrtende<l thilt the lletrtioner has bccn in judicial custodl r;' rcc .10.0(r.2O25 arrd Lhzit thr' case is falsc, hcLitious, and fabrir:rr:, <1, h:iving bcen rcgistcred u'rthout lollou,ing due procedure. Ho\\'c\cr, the lt:arned Arldrtioniri Prrtrlit: Prosecutor opposcs the grant ol riril, r'itinq thirL a cornnrercial (lul.r rrtity of MDMA and OG, weighing )) 10 grarns irnd

6.(;0 grarns rc'spt:ctively, nas rccovcred from thc p,r-itioner-. At this strrgt:, it is pcrtinent Lo refer to Sectior-r 37 ol thc ,rtl)PS Act. s liich rt:lrds as unclr:r -37 Ollr'ncr:s to be cognizablc and non barlair, Not\, il lrstanding an\ thing contained in th<: . CrirtLir.rl Procedtrre. 1973 (2 of 1974), (a) e,,,cr. punrshablc under this Act shall be cognrzable; (l) orlc ,rf rfl'en< c (b) no person accused of an offence punrslr. 1[ofl,rrrr:r's r-lr]dcr scction l9 or section 24 or s<:r: an<l rlsrr f<rr olfences rnvolving commercial ryuantrt I,lc lor t 2'1 \ ,I sh.rll be r('lcri,sed on bail or on his oq,n bond unless (i) tlre I\lbtjo Prosecutor has been given an opporrr r it-\, to ogrposc tlrc irpplication for such releasc, an<l (ii) rrh.r. rlrt: [\rblic Prosecutor opposes the al]i. iratioo, thc (orrrt is salished that there are reasorable ,r )un(is lbr lr<:lit ving that he is not guilty of such offence ; r I th rt []c is nol likch'to commit any offcnce rvhile on b::t 4 SKS,J Crr.P.No.11648 of 2025 E.-@ '\ (2) The limitatictl I s on granting oI bail specificil in t:lartse (b) of sub section (l ) are in additx)n to the limitations uncler thc Cocle of Criminal Procedurc. ) 973 [2 ol 1974) or any otller lau lor the timc being in forc-'c otr granting of bail."

7. [n vieu, thcreof, Section 37 of the NDPS AcL mandates that offences involving comnrercial quantities bc norl Lrzlilable, requiring reasonable grouuds to believe the accuscd is not guilty and (iiven tlre unlikcly to commit [urther offences u'hile on bail serious allcgations against the petitionr:r, this Coltrt is not satisficd that conditions lor granting bail uncler Section 37 arc mct' Thcrclore, the criminal pctitioll lacks merit anrl thc sarnc is liabie to be dismissed. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is dismissed Miscellaneous applications, if any pcnding, shall stand closecl To, SDi. T.SRINIVASA REDDY ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER Kushaiguda.

1. The I Addl. Dist. And Sessions Judge, Medchal Malkajgiri District at 2. The Station House Officer, Prohibition & Excise Malkajgiri Police Station, 3. One CC to SRI REDDAMAINA THIRUPATHI, Advocate [OPUC] 4. The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana at Hyderabad [OUT] 5. Two CD Copres L-AM|PSL i I i I I HIGH COURT ( DATED: 2210912025 ORDER CRLP.No.11648 of 2025 ," ?5 tll-l 2p5 ). \\. :t ,/ -). DISMISSING THE CRIMINAL PETITION 7 /r ,ry /ta,zds