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.4 on bail in
Cr.No.38 of 2025 of Prohibition & Excise Station, Kadapa District,
registered against the petitioner/Accused No.4 herein for the offences
punishable under Section 8 (c) read with 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’).
2. The case of the prosecution is that on 31.05.2025, at about 08:00
A.M., on receipt of credible information regarding illegal possession of
ganja, the Inspector of Police, Prohibition & Excise Station, along with his
staff, secured the presence of mediators and conducted a raid near the old
bus stand to Ravindranagar Bridge in Kadapa Town, apprehending five
individuals, including the petitioner herein, who were allegedly found in
possession of contraband. Upon enquiry and search conducted in
compliance with procedural safeguards, it is alleged that the petitioner was
found in possession of a white plastic bag containing approximately 250
grams of dry ganja. The co-accused, A-1, was allegedly found with two kgs
of ganja in the dickey of his scooter, and it is further alleged that he had
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Dated 12.08.2025
distributed 250 grams each to the petitioner and other co-accused for the
purpose of resale. Based on their purported voluntary confessions, all the
accused were arrested, and the contraband was seized under a
mediatornama.