The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 437 and 439 of
the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.’)/ Sections
480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity
‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No.9 on bail in
Cr.No.27 of 2025 of Makavarapalem Police Station, Anakapalli District,
registered against the petitioner/Accused No.9 herein for the offences
punishable under Section 20 (b) (ii)(C), 25 read with 8(c) of the Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’).
2. The case of the prosecution is that on 11.02.2025 at about 10.30
hours, at Pydipala Junction, Makavarapalem Mandal, the accused were
transporting ganja without any license from Gurrala Panukulu on the
Odisha border to Delhi and Kolkata via Chinthapalli, Anjali Sanivaram,
Palamamidi, Bennabhoopalapatnam, Nindugonda, and Thallapalem. The
Sub-Inspector of Police, Makavarapalem Police Station, conducted vehicle
checking and arrested Accused Nos. 2, 4, 9, and 10, and found in their
possession 515 kgs of ganja, which was seized under the cover of a
mediators’ report.