1 APHC010115912025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY ,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2447/2025 Between: Setti Malleswara Rao @ Sethi Males Rao ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. SRINIVASA RAO.G Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: The Criminal Petition, u/Sec.480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, is filed on behalf of the petitioner/A2 to grant regular bail in connection with Crime No.202/2024 of Sabbavaram Police Station, Anakapalle District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable u/Sec.20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w 8(c) of NDPS Act. 2 3. The case of the prosecution in nut shell is as follows: On 25.8.2024 at about 3.00 pm, on receipt of credible information about illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Sabbavaram Police Station, along with staff and mediators rushed to R & B Tar road, Gullepalli junction and vehicle checking. They noticed one lorry bearing registration no.AP 31 TA 4789 coming towards them. On seeing police, the inmates in the lorry tried to escape by stopping the lorry. Then police apprehended them and on enquiry, they disclosed their identity particulars as that of A1 and A2 and police found 912 kgs of ganja in their possession in the lorry. They were arrested, seized the contraband and vehicle and produced them before the Court for judicial remand. They confessed the involvement of A3 to A7 in the commission of the offence. 4. None represented for the petitioner and heard Sri Neelothpal Ganji, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent. 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the petition stating that inventory is pending in this matter and the seized contraband is huge quantity and prays to dismiss the criminal petition. 6. Without going into the merits of the case, nobody represented for the petitioner. Considering the submissions made and on perusal of the material on record shows that, as learned Assistant Public Prosecutor has rightly pointed out that the seized contraband is commercial quantity and 3 as the investigation is pending, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners at this stage, as the investigation is going on. 7. In the result, the criminal petition is dismissed. Consequently, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. _____________________________________ DR. VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA,J 17.3.2025 RD 4 THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION No.2447 of 2025 DATE: 17.3.2025 RD