APHC010134552025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3369] TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2881/2025 Between: Gunnabhathula Santosh Kumar and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Ap ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO 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 petitioners herein/A2, A5 and A6, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.51 of 2025 of Anakapalli Town Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) read with 8(c) of the NDPS Act. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, on 25.02.2025, on receipt of credible information, the Sub-Inspector of police along with his staff and mediators rushed to Eleru Canal, Bojjannkonda Road Junction, and caught the accused in possession of 128Kgs of Ganja. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of mediators report. 3. Heard. Perused the record. 2 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that the petitioners have been in judicial custody from 25.02.2025 and prays to grant bail to the petitioners herein. 5. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed to grant bail on the ground that contraband allegedly involved in the present crime is 128Kgs of Ganja, which is a commercial quantity and further submits that the case is still under investigation and some more witnesses are to be examined. 6. In view of the gravity of offence and involvement of commercial quantity of ganja and in view of the bar contained under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _____________________ T. MALLIKARJUNA RAO, J 08.04.2025 ASR 3 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE T. MALLIKARJUNA RAO Criminal Petition No.2881 of 2025 Dated: 08.04.2025 ASR