APHC010127762025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3369] THURSDAY ,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2746/2025 Between: Kunchangi Pavan Kumar ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA RAJU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER:- This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioner/A4, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.4 of 2025 of Hukumpeta Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Sections 111(2) 2 BNS and Section 20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’). 3. The brief facts of the case are that on 10.01.2025 at about 11.30 hours, on receipt of credible information about the illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the Sub Inspector of Police, along with his staff and mediators, rushed to Konihili Junction, Hukumpeta Mandal, Alluri Seetha Ramaraju District. After that police noticed two car bearing No.AP-05-CT-8181 and Car bearing No.HR-26-CN-3720 coming and on seeing police, the drivers of the two vehicles tried to escape. Then police apprehended one drivers while the other succeeded. On interrogation, A3 to A4 disclosed their identity particulars and police found 160 kgs of ganja in their possession. Then police apprehended them and seized the ganja and after observing all formalities, they were remanded to judicial custody. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the contraband involved is huge quantity i.e. 160 kgs and investigation is not completed and some more witnesses are to be examined and prays to dismiss the criminal petition. 3 6. Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that the petitioners are arrested on 10.01.2025 and since then they are languishing in jail and prays to allow the petition. 7. After careful observation of the material on record and submissions made on behalf of both sides, as the contraband involved in this crime is huge quantity i.e. 160 kgs and as the petitioners are remanded to judicial custody on 10.01.2025 itself and the allegations made against the petitioners are grave in nature, this Court is not inclined to consider the criminal petition at this stage. 8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _____________________ T. MALLIKARJUNA RAO , J Date.20.03.2025. S D P 4 103 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE T. MALLIKARJUNA RAO Criminal Petition No.2746 of 2025 Dated:20.03.2025 S D P