CRLP/7983/2026 of Mohd. Yusuf Ansari Vs The State of Telangana on 4 June 2026

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA

AT HYDERABAD

THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JUNE

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO

'1. Mohd. YusLrf Ansari, S/o. Roshan Ansari, Aged 38 years, Occ. Driver, R/o.

PIot No.42lB/3, Shivaji Nagar, Govandi, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

2. Javed Khan Rafik Khan, S/o. Late Rafik Khan, Aged 37 years, Occ. Driver, R/o. 58, Plot 59C, Nagusaya Ji Chawl, RS Nirmar Marg, T ardeo Bus Terminal, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

.Petitioners/Accused No.1 & 2

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The State of Telangana, through Directorate of Revenue lntelligence, Hyderabad, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hydeiabad.

...Respondent

Petition under section 480 & 483 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the i,4t; iLcratrdum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant bail to the Petitioners / accused No.l and 2 in F.No.DRl/HZUl48tuENQ 01(lNT-01y2026 registered on 31.01.2026 for the offences under Sections 8(c) rAiv 20, 23,27A,28 and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 of Directorate of Revenue lntelligence polic; Station, Hyderabad ir th: ;,rterest of justice.

This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Laxman Banoth, Advocate for the Petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent.

The Court made the following: ORDER

IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT

HYDERABAD

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO

BETWEEN:

Mohd. Yusuf Ansari and another

...Petitioners/Accused Nos. I and 2

AND

The State of Telangana through

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence,

Hyderabad

Rep. by Public Prosecutor,

High Court for the State of

Telangana, Hyderabad

... Respondent

ORD ER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking grant of bail to the petitioners, who a.re arrayed as accused Nos.l and 2 in F.No.DRIIHZU l48AlENQ-O1(lNT-Ol)12026 on the file of the DRI, Hyderabad ZonaL Unit, registered for offences punishable under Sections 8c rf w 20,23,27A,28 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

(for short "NDPS Act").

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosec'utor for respondent-State.

3. The brief facts of the case are that on 30.0 1.2026, acting upon specific intelligence, officers of the DRI, Hyderabad, intercepted seven accused at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, who were allegedly involved in smuggling ganja from Bangkok to India. Accused Nos.4 to 7 arrived from Bangkok carrying contraband in their baggage and handed it over to accused Nos.1 to 3.

Upon search, 40 packets containing ganja, weighing 2T.ts kgs (commercial quantity), was seized.

4. It is the case of the prosecution that all the accused were part of a well-organized syndicate engaged 1n international drug trafficking and based on the said allegations, a case was registered under the provisions of the NDPS Act.

5.

Learned counsel for the petitioner/accused submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case, and that no specific overt acts are attributed to her.

6.

Learned Additional Public Prosecutor contended that accused Nos.1 to 7, in active connivance with each other I

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transported the contraband, which is more than commercial quantity. It is further submitted that an earlier bail petition filed by the petitioners in Cr1.P.No.47B9 of 2026 was dismissed by this Court on 30.04.2026. While dismissing the said petition, this Court categorically held that having regard to the gravity of the offence involving commercial quantity of contraband and the statutory bar under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, this Court was not inclined to grant bail.

7. The present application has been filed seeking enlargement of the petitioners on bail on the very same set of facts and circumstances. In view of the above, and considering the gravity of the offence, this Court is of the opinion that the petitioners have failed to satisfy the twin conditions stipulated under Section 37 of the NDPS Act for grant of bail. Therefore, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners. The Criminal Petition is devoid of merit and is liable to be dismissed.

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Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed.

However

the petitioners are at liberty to renew the , To, applications after a while.

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed.

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SD/. B.REKHA

ASSISTANT

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