I {2£, lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AIVIA. THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE a_,-. t-. :PRESENT: " THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I MALLIKARJUN CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2992 OF 2025 Betwee n : _I Korra Venkatarao, S/o Late Gasi, Age 37 years, R/o Kappagondu village, Korukonda Post, Balapam Panchayat, Chinta Palli Mandal, Alluri Seetarmarauj District Petitl-oners/Accused No.1 AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, through stall-on House officer Krishnadevipeta poll'ce station, Rep. by Public Prosecutor, Hl'gh Court at Amaravati. 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 release the Petitloner/Al on bail in connection with crime No. 113 of 2024 of Krishnadevipeta (K.D Peta) Police Station. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri RAMINENI SUDHEER, Advocate for the petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the following; f7 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY ,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2992/2025 AND Between : Korra Venkatarao The State Of Andhra Pradesh [3369] ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.RAMINENI SUDHEER 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/A1, seeking bail, in Crime No.113/2024 of K.D.Peta, Anakapalle District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offence punishable u/See.20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w 8(c) of NDPS Act. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. 4. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 04.10,2024 at 08.00 am, on receipt of credible information, regarding illegal possession and \ transportation of ganja, the S.I of Police, along with staff and mediators rushed to AIIuri Park, A.K,Puram village and conducted vehicle checking. They observed that one auto bearing registration no.AP 31 TN 4654 was . fsf55S3, 2 coming. On seeing police, the inmates in the auto tried to ran away. Then police apprehended four persons while the other one ran away. On enquiry, they disclosed their identity particulars as that of A2 to A5 and police found 181 kgs of ganja in their possession in the auto. They confessed that they collected the ganja from Al and hence the name of the petitioner was included 'ln the F.I.R. Police arrested A2 to A5 and remanded them to J'udiCial custody. During the course of investigation, police arrested the petitioner on 05.ll.2024. 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 04.10.2024 and basing on the confession statement of co- accused, this petitioner was arrested on 05.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 05.ll.2024. Evidently no contraband has been seized from the possession of the petitioner. Since the accused has been in remand from O5.ll.2024, this Court found that most of the investigation pertaining to the role played by the petitioner in the -_ --i 3 commission of the offence I-would be completed. lt is submitted that the petitioner has permanent abode and there is no possibil'lty of his fleeing away from justice and most of the witnesses are official witnesses and the release of the petitioner would not cause tamper'lng of evidence and hampering of investigation. when ascertained, learned Assistant Public prosecutor submitted that no antecedent reported against the petitioner. considering the entire material on record, this court is inclined to grant bail to the pet'ltioner with some conditions. 9. ln the result, the Criminal Pet'ltion is allowed With the following conditions: (i) The petitioner/Al herein shall be released On his executing a personal bond for Rs.50,000/-(Rupees fifty thousand Only) With two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District 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 Sunday between 10,00 a.m. and 12.OO 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. I SD/-M.SRINl #/AS ISTRAR ASSISTANT/RE s ECT!ffiJ: lc E= ForI----- /rrRUE COPY// .I J` Tol 1. The I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam 2. The I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS ACT: VISAKHAPATNAM 3. The Superintendent, central Jal'l, Visakhapatnam 4. The S.H.O., Krishnadevipeta (K.D Peta) PoII'Ce Station 5. One CC to SRl. RAMINENI SUDHEER Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two cos to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 7. One spare copy KJ I I NIEL& ±ife\ #jlt!! HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED : 27/03/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.2992 of 2025 ALLOWED