lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2826 OF 2025 Betwee n : \` I- Karri Raju, S/o. Nageswara Rao, Age 35 years, R/o. Dabba Kota Village, Darakonda Mandal, AIIuri Seetharama Raju District. ...Petitioner/A4 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through the Station House Officer, Mothugudem Police Station, Rep. by Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh, At Amaravathi. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS/437 & 439 of Cr.P.C., is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum ot-grounds filed in support of the CriminaIPetition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner on bail who is the 4t'` accused in Crime No.22 of 2023, dated 10.05.2023 on the file of Mothugudem Police Station, East Godavari District The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri. VEERLA SATEESH KUMAR Advocate for the Petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent; The Court made the following: lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2826/2025 AND Between: Karri Raju The State Of Andhra Pradesh [3369] ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.VEERLA SATEESH KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent/complainant 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition, u/Sec.48O & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A4, seeking bail, in crime No.22/2023 of Moothugudem Police Station, Alluri Sitharamaraju District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offence punishable u/Sec.20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of NDPS Act. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner/A4 and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. 4. Case of the prosecut'lon, in brief, is that, on 10.5.2023 at about 4.00pm, on receipt of credible information regarding illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the S.I of Police, Moothugudem Police Station, along with staff and mediators rushed to bus stand of Po'luru village, \`_-a A I 2 chI'nthuru Mandal and found Al and A2 who are carrying two travel bags. On seeing police, they tried to escape. Then police apprehended them and on enquiry, they disclosed their identity particulars as that of Al and A2 and POIice found 23 kgs of ganja in their possession. They confessed about the involvement of this petitioner/A4 in transporting the ganja. During the course of investigation, the petitioner/A4 was arrested on 21.01.2025 and remanded to J-udiCial custody. 5. Heard. Perusedtherecord. 6. Learned AssistantIPublic prosecutor submits that maJ'Or Part Of the investigation is completed except filing of charge sheet for want of RFSL report and prays to dismiss the petition. 7. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a crime came to be registered on 10.5.2023 and basing on the confession statement of co- accused, this petitioner was arrested on 21.01.2025 and since then he has been in judicial custody and the same was not disputed by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 8. After careful observation of the material on record and submissions made on behalf of both sides, it can be seen that the petitioner was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 21.01.2025 basing on confession statements. Evidently, no contraband has been seized from the possession of the petitioner. since the accused has been in remand from 21.01.2025, this court found that most of the investl'gation pertaining to the role played by the petitioner in the commission of the offence would be completed. lt is I-- \` i-r i,y }+ lIIIl|llllllllll- 3 submitted that the petitioner has permanent abode and there is no possibility of his fleeing away from justice and most of the witnesses are official witnesses and the release of the petitioner would not cause tampering of evidence and hamperI|ng Of investigation. When ascertained, learned Assistant public prosecutor submitted that no antecedents reported against the petitioner. considering the entire material on record, this court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner with some conditions. 7. ln the result, the criminal petition is allowed with the following conditions: (i) The petitioner/A4 hereI'n Shall be released on his executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First class, Rampachodavaram; (ii) on release, the petitioner sha" appear before the station House Officer concerned once in a fortnight i.e. on every 2nd and 4th Sunday between 10.00 a.m. and o5.00 p.m., for a Period Of three (03) months. (iii) the petitioner sha" not tamper with the evidence and hamper the investigation and sha" cooperate for I®nVeStI'gatiOn. To, /ITRUECOPY// I ASSsFsEDT:hTiO#F£F#::T:RDRA¥R / 1. The Judicial Magistrate of First class, Rampachodavaram, East Godavari District. 2. EhaJeamah:nudPrearLnatreanmd:n=st GoRdaaJvaaTI.aB:sTrq::varam central Jaill 3. The Station House officer, Mothugudem police station, East Godavari District. 4. One CC to Sri. VEERLA SATEESH KUMAR, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two `ccs to the PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [ouT] 6. Onevspare copy RE :TE: TMR, J DATED :24/03/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.2826 of 2025 ALLOWED gE;.,P&£lng gisffi#as*i ;lf` 29 MAR life -`di*,**seses p ttH_Cgivpe +i. <-,i. I,- }l,I-.J',I,,,'t.,.)?.:\