E=H IN THE HIGH COUR-I oF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCrfe TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2775 OF 2025 [3369] t r+-i-i,?Ja Between : 1. Bikram MandaI, S/o. Kabiraj Mandal, aged about 19 years, R/o. Burai pahadaa village, pattapur p.S., Sankhemundi BIock, Ganjam District, Odisha State. 2. Sunandan Sabar, S/o. Laxman Sabar, aged about 21 years, R/o. Burai pahadaa village, pattapur p.S., Sankhemundi Block, Ganjam District, Odisha State. Petitioner/Accused No.1,2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Respondent Petition under Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P,C), praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No.1, 2 on bail, pending disposal of Crime No.60/2025 of Kasibugga Police Station, Srikakulam District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri ADAPA SUDHAKAR RAO, Advocate for the Petitioners and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the Court made the following; APHCO101293O2025 CR lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original JurisdI-CtI-On) IMINAL PETITION [3369] MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO --II I|L I -- _ __ 2775/2025 Between : NO: Bikram Mandal and others AND ,I,PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) The State OfAndhra pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the petitioner/accused(s): 1.ADAPA SUDHAKAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR I±e_£g±±±ma±e±±e±9±±Qm!ngQHE This Criminal petition, under sections 480 and 483 of BNSS, has been filed by the petitioners herein/accused Mos.1 and 2, seeking regular bail, I'n Crime No.60 of 2025 of Kasibugga police station, registered for the offence punishable under sections 20(b)(ji)(B) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropjc substances Act, 1985 (for short `the NDPS Act'). 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that,15.02.2025, on receipt of credible information, the Inspector of police along with his staff and mediators rushed to 3rd line, Railway station road and caught the accused in possession of 8.547Kgs of Ganja. The contraband along wl'th other material was seized under the cover of medl'ators report. 3. Heard. Perused the record. r\\- -zZrv < \ I/ 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners Submits that the Petitioners are in judicial custody since 15.02.2025 and the petitioners herein/Al and A2 are aged about 19 years and 21 years respectively. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the petitioners have permanent abode and there is no possibility of their fleeing away from the J-uriSdiCtiOn Of the Court. 5. The petitioners are in judicial Custody Since 15.02.2025. The quantity of Ganja allegedly seized from the possession of the petitioners is only 8.547Kgs, which iS not a commercial quantity. It is submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the petitioners herein have no previous crime record. As most of the investigation might have been completed by this time, the release of the accused would not cause hampering of investigation. 6. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners herein/accused Nos.1 and 2. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. The petitioners herein/accused Nos.1 and 2 shall be released On bail On each Of them executing a personal bond for a Sum Of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge- cum-Special Judge for trial of OffenCeS under the NDPS Act, Srikakulam. On release, petitioners shall appear before the Station t`- .--, . House Officer concerned, once in a fortnight, for a period of three (3) months. sdr p. u|_v= `=_HL.StKn#sRT%%% _ _.~ _t=r_teTRAE ASSISTA`NT \ //TRUE COPY sECTiON To, 1. The Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act-Gum-I Additional District & Sess'lons Judge, Srikakulam. 2. The Judicial First Class Magistrate, NarasannaPeta FAG JMFC Court Palasa' 3. The Superintendent, Central Jail , Visakhapatnam 4. The S.H.O., Kasibugga Police Station, Srikakulam D-lstrict I 5. One CC to SRl. ADAPA SUDHAKAR RAO Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, H-lgh Court of AP [OUT] 7. One spare COPY KJ // 1 a E I HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED : 24/03/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.2775 of 2025 ALLOWED 'z4 MAR