lN THE HIGH COURT oF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSANDAND TWENTY FIVE / .-PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAG CRIIVIINAL PETITION NO: 3169 OF 2025 / Betwee n : 1. Mukki Chandrubabu, S/o. Challamma, aged about 24 years, R/o. Chidiput Village, Munchingiput Mandal, AIIuri Sl'tharama Raju District, A.P. 2. Pangi Naresh, S/o. Dambu, aged about 25 years, R/o. Degalaputtu Village, Munchingiput MandaI, AIIuri Sitharama Raju District, A.P. petitioners/A8cused No.3,6 AND The State OfAndhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Respondent Petition under Section 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C. and 480 & 483 of BNSS., is filed praying that in the circumstances stated I-n the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the crimjnaIPetition, the Hl'gh Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitl-oners/Accused No.3, 6 on bail pending disposal of Crime No.303/2024 of Nakkapalli P.S., now Anakapalli 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. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA- RAO Advocate for the Petitioners and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent; The Court made the following: /` / EZiil / APHCO10148632025 J|? IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3369] TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3169/2025 Betwee n : Mukki Chandrubabu and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh 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 pet'ltiOnerS herein/A3 and A6, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.303 of 2024 of Nakkapalli police station, Anakapalli District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 2. Case of the prosecution iS that, On 19.10.2024, on receipt of credible information, the ASl along with his staff and mediators rushed to NH-16 road Kagitha Junction, Nakkapal]i Mandal, and caught the accused in possession Of 146Kgs of Ganja. The contraband along with Other material Was Seized under the cover of Mediators Report. I- -_. - 2 I, 3. Heard. Perused the record. 4. Learned counsel forthe petitioners submits that basing on the confessional statement of co-accused, the petitioners herein are arrayed as accused in the present crime. Except the said confessional statement, no other material has been collected to connect the petitl'oners in the commission of offence. The petitioners have been in judicial custody from 22.10.2024. Learned Assistant PublI'C Prosecutor opposed to grant bail on the ground that investigation in the present is not completed and the petitioners herein are involved in other crime. lt is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have permanent abode and there is no possibility of their fleeing away from the Jurisdiction of the Court. 5. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, since the petitioners herein are arrayed as accused basing on the confessional statement of co-accused and considering the remand period of the petitioners, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners herein/A3 and A6, on the following conditions. i. The petitioners herein/A3 and A6 shall be released on executing a personal bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) each with two sureties for a like sum each to the e= i-- satisfaction of the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge- Gum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under the NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. ii. On release, the petitioners shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, once in a fortnight i.e., on lst and 15th of every month between 10.00 AM and 01.00 PM., for a period of three (3) months. iii. The petitioners are directed not to hamper the investigation and tamper with the prosecution witnesses. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. SD/-K.J.RAJA BABU ASSISTANT SECTION bF /ITRUE COPY// I TRAR ER To, 1. The I AddjtjonaI Dl'strict & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for Trial ofOffences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. , 2. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 3. The Station House Officer, Nakkapalli Police Station, Anakapalli District. ~ 4. One CC to Sri. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO, Advocate [OPUC] J 5. Two cos to the PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy JSS / ~/ EE, J HIGH COURT TMR, J DATED :01 /04/2O25 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.3169 of 2025 ALLOWED o ¢l ELPR 1&15: