[3369] r}1 lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA TUESDAY ,THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL L4 TWO THOUSANDAND TWENTY FIVE \~ :PRESENT: E= THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I MALLIKARJUNA RAO ur ''#r? CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2883 OF 2025 / Betwee n : ./ Gabbadi Ravi Kumar, S/o. Ramana Murthy, aged about 32 years, R/o. Kokkirapalli Village, Kandhamamidi Panchayat, G. Madugula Mandal, Alluri Sitharama Raju District.`Jf of Petitioner/Accused No.12 AND { The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Publicfiosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh Respondent `_,giv rf petition under section 4¥7 &#9 of Cr.P.C and Section 480 & 483 of BNSS is filed praying that in the circumstances Stated in the affidavit filed in support of the criminal petition, {£gq High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1`2 on bail pending disposal of Crime No.114/2023 of RE Kasimkota Police Station, now Anakapalii District. \ofgiv+ The petition/Appeal comingJ`on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri GOLLAPALLh#AHESWARA RAO Advocate for the Petitioner, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) for the Respondent and the Court made the following. I, APHCO10134562025 // IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (special original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY ,THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2883/2025 Between : Gabbadi Ravi Kumar, The State Of Andhra Pradesh AND [3369] .,.PETITIONER/ACCUSED ...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/See.480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagar'lk suraksha sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petit'lOner/A12, seeking bail, in crime No.114/2023 of Kasimkota police Station, Anakapalle District. 2. A case has been registered against the Petitioner and Others for the offence punishable u/sec.20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w 8(c) of NDPS Act. 3. Heard leamed counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant public prosecutor representing the respondenVState. 4. Case of the Prosecution, in brief, iSthat, On 27.3.2023 at 12.10 am, on receipt of credible information, regarding illegal possession and transportat'lon of ganja, the s.I of police, along with staff and mediators conducted vehicle checking at Kasimkota junction. They observed a lOny bearing no.pB 02 CC 8150 coming from Yelamanchili towards Anakapalle| r--.-si3ZiZZ3O GS±i66SrfZ' 2 on seeing police, the driver-'of the lorry stopped the lorry and the driver and cleaner of the lorry got down from the lorry and tried to ran away. Then police apprehended the dr'lver whereas the cleaner escaped. On enquiry, the driver disclosed his identity particulars as that of Al and police found 890 kgs of ganja in his possession. Police arrested Al and remanded him to judicial custody. He confessed the involvement of A12 in the commission of the offence. During the course of investigation, police arrested the petitioner on 12.ll.2024 on execution of PT warrant. 5, Heard. Perused the record. 6. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that major 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 27.3.2023 and basing on the confession statement of co- accused, this petitioner was arrested on 12.ll.2024 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 12.ll.2024. Evidently no contraband has been seized from the possession of the petitioner. Since the accused has been in remand from 12.ll.2024, this Court found that most of the investigation pertaining to the role played by the petitioner in the he-r=_e 3 commission of the offence-'would be completed. lt is 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 hampering of investigation. When ascertained, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submitted that one antecedent reported against the petitioner. Considering the entire material on record, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner with some conditions. 9. [n the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: (i) The petitioner/A12 herein shall be released on his executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional Distr-lot and Sessions Judge-Gum- Special Judge for trial of offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. (ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned on every 2nd and 4th Sunday between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon, for a period of three (03) months. (iii) the petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence and hamper the investigation and shall cooperate for investigation. - -,----.J£----___ __ SPl~-.gr-PRAI Ass I STAN-+ Fo //TRUE COPY// - _----___ RAG "S TRAfi OFFlcER` /A / / / ® To] I 1. The I Arf. District & Sessions Judge -Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. ``. ..`-`.. 2. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Visakhapatnarfr~ 3. The Station House Officer, Kasimkota#ce Station, now Anakapalii District. ~r `-`_...-, 4. One CC to SRl. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC] `\. .` 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor (AP) High Court ofA.P., Amaravati 6. [OOnUeT:®pare copy arfys HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED :01 /04/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.2883 of 2025 ALLOWED