+\\ IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE .'PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIIVIINAL PETITION NO: 2838 OF 2025 Betwee n : valangI' Bhjmanna padal @ urlangi Bheemudu, s/o. Ganganna padal, aged about 39 years, R/o. TentulI'guda Vl'Ilage, paparmetia panchayat, paparmetia MandaI, Malkangirj District, odisha state, presently residl'ng at Gonjuwada v,'Ilage, pedabayalu Mandal, AIluri Sitharama Raju District, A.P. . . .Petitioner/Accused No.2 AND The State ofAndhra pradesh, Rep by lets Public prosecutor, High Court of Andhra pradesh. ...Respondent petI'tjOn under Section 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C and section 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023 js filed pray,'ng that in the c,'rcumstances stated Ion memorandum of grounds of crI'minal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No.2 on bail pending disposal of crime No.111/2024 of Hukumpeta p.s., now Alluri SI'tharama Raju D,'strjct; The petitl'on coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and memorandum of grounds of criminal petition and upon hearing the arguments of sri GollapallI- Maheswara Rao, Advocate for the petitioner and public prosecutor for the Respondent,I CRIMINAL PETITION NO-. 2838/2025 Between : valangi Bhimanna Padal @ Uriangi Bheemudu ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition, u/Sec.480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik suraksha sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the Petitioner/A2, seeking bail, in crime No.111/2024 of Hukumpeta Police Station, ASR District. 2. A case has been registered against the Petitioner and Others for the offence punishable u/see.111(2) of B.N.S and See.20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w 8(c) of NDPS Act. 3. Heard leamed counsel for the Petitioner/A2 and the leamed Assistant publ'IC Prosecutor represent'lng the respondent/State. 4. Case of the prosecution, in brief, iSthat, On 18.ll.2024 atabout8.15 pm, on receipt of credible information regarding illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the s.I of police, Hukumpeta Police Station, along with staff and mediators rushed to Diguduputtu junction and conducted `,-. -..` `- F<S + 2 vehicle checking. They foLnd one car coming towards them and on seeing police, the inmates in the car stopped the car and tried to escape. Then police apprehended one person while the other two persons escaped. on enquiry, the said person disclosed his identity particulars as that of Al and police found 135 kgs of ganja in his possession. Police seized the car and the contraband and arrested the accused and got him remanded to judicial custody. He confessed the name of A2 in his confessional statement. During the course of investigation, A2 was arrested on 28.01.2025 and remanded him to judicial custody. 5. Heard. Perused the record. 6. Learned Assistant Public 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 18.ll.2024 and basing on the confession statement of co- accused, this petitioner was arrested on 28.01.2025 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 shows that the petitioner was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 28.01.2025. Evidently no contraband has been seized from the possession of the petitioner. Since the accused has been in remand from 28,01.2025, this Court found that most of the .s,-ss- t\ -* offlc'lal w|ltnesses and the invest''gation pertaining to,the role played by the petitioner in the commission of the offence would be completed. lt ls submitted that the petitioner has permanent abode and there is no possibil-lty of his flee|lng _ _I ll_- away from justice and most of the w-ltnesses are '-``_I __ _ release of the petit-loner would not cause tampering of evidence and hamper'lng of investigation. when ascerta-lned, learned Assistant Publ'lC prosecutor submitted that no antecedents are reported against the petitioner. considering the entire material on record, this court 'ls inclined to grant bail to the petitioner with some conditions. 7, ln the result, the Crlminal Petition iS allowed W'lth the following conditions'. ('l) The petlt'lOner/A2 here'ln Shau be released On his eXeCut'lng a personal bond for Rs 25,000/_ (Rupees twenty flVe thousand only) with two suret-les for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Add'ltional Distr-lot and SesS'lOnS Judge-Gum- I IhTlt> ^^+ under NDPS Act, and o5.00 p.m.I special Judge for trial Of Cases VisakhaPatnam -, (ii) on release, the pet-ltioner shaH appear before the Stat'lon House Officer COnCerned Once in a fortnight i.e. On every 2nd _I ^Enn n_m.. for a and 4th Sunday between 10.00 a.m, period of three (03) months. (iii) the petitioner shan not tamper with the ev|ldence and hamper the investigation and shall coop_?_re_I_e~ioL±¥#9tiOn- SAd`±s#±¥E# ¥t=eF_4L. FS, A`O JGQ_qRle-JrJ..,_ I__ _ RES is Tf3AiR givrf m`uE COPYI. `S=?.T=0_N_ OFEECEn For ASSISTANT REul_ . . To, 1. The I Addl District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam , 2. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam 3. The Station House Officer, Hukumpeta Police Station, now AIIuri Sitharama Raju District 4. One CC to Sri. GoIIapalli Maheswara Rao, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two cos to Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP [OUT] 6. One spare copy MM HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED:25/03/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2838 of 2025 ALLOWED _ .-~'r- `