Police arrested Muthunuri Prabhakar, known as Nagesh, near the Ellamma temple in Peddapalli in 2021 and filed a charge sheet in court after finishing their investigation.[1] He was 19 and lived in Tilak Nagar, Peddapalli town.[1] Then-sub-inspector K. Rajesh and his staff checked him after finding him wandering suspiciously near the temple.[1] Officers found two kilograms of ganja in his possession, seized it and registered a case.[1]

Peddapalli District Court found the offence proved, and judge K. Sunitha sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 10,000.[1] Officials of the Ramagundam Police Commissionerate announced the outcome.[1] Public prosecutor Donkana Ravi played a key role in securing the sentence.[1]

Peddapalli DCP B. Ram Reddy and ACP G. Krishna supervised the case team.[1] Commissioner Amber Kishore Jha congratulated the prosecution team.[1]