IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl I, WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRI TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I MALLIKARJUN CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3251 OF 2025 +~+Tul=~=#:i:€JJ ch' Between.I of+eduru chiluku Naidu @ veduru chI-Iuku Naidu, S/o Durgu Naidu, Age 28 years, R/o Komira Village, Ravikamatham MandaI, Anakapalli Dl'strict. ...PetI|tiOner/A2 AND The State ofAndhra pradesh, (v. Madugula Police Station) Rep. by the public prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh Amaravati, Guntur District. ...Respondent/complaI-nant petition under sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, prayl'ng that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct release of the: petitioner/A-2 on Bail pending enquiry and trial in connection with crI'me No.240/2024 of V. Madugula police Station. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusI'ng the Petition and the affidavit filed Ion support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI ARRABOLU SAI NAVEEN, Advocate for the petI-tiOner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent,I APHCO10150722025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE [3369] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO cRIM[NAL PETITION NO: 3251/2025 Between : yeduru chiluku Naidu @ Veduru Chiluku Naidu ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.ARRABOLU SAI NAVEEN Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petiticjn, u/See.480 & 483 of the Bharat'lya Nagar'lk suraksha sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A2, seeking bail, in crime No.240/2024 of V.Madugula police station, Anakapalle District, 2. A case has been registered againstthe Petitioner and OtherSfOrthe offence punishable u/Sec.20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of NDPS Act. 3. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant public prosecutor representing the respon+~ nt/State. 2 r/ 4. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 31.12.2024 at 4.00 pm, on receipt of credible information, regarding illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the S.I of Police, along with staff and mediators rushed to the outskirts of Kasipuram village, Thatiparthi Panchayat and found three persons with gunny bags. On seeing police, said persons tried to escape. Then police apprehended them and on enquiry, they disclosed their identI'ty Particulars as that of A1, A4 and A5 and police found 120 kgs of ganja in their possession. Police arrested them and remanded them to judicial custody. They confessed the involvement of A2 in the commission of the Offence. Police arrested the petitioner/A2 on 05.02.2025. 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 31.12.2024 and basing on the confession statement of co- accused, this petitioner was arrested on 05.02.2025 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 shOows that the petitioner was arrested -Ei= c= -`. and remanded to judicial custody on o5.02.2025. Evidently nO contraband has been seized from the possession of the petitioner. since the accused has been in remand from o5.02.2025, this Court found that most of the investigation pertaining to the role played by the petitioner in the 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. ln the result, the Criminal Petition iS allowed with the following conditions-. (i) The petitioner/A2 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|lct and sessions Judge-Gum-Special Judge for trial Of OffenCeS under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam; (ii) on release, the petitioner sha" appear before the station House Officer concerned once in a fortnight between 10.00 a.m. and 12,00 noon, for a period Of three (03) months. -I-_ ~--.i=--L=--±~ (iii) the petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence and hamper the investigation and shall cooperate for investigation. '._i -__--.i-i-.-i=-..,.' .'.'. '---.\'. . .. -'.- '. .i sD,-A. VE-JAYri''BABU ``` ASS iSTAENT. tR |,.. ` t _\ 6`lsTRAR SECTIOPS -:OF'FECER //TRUE COPY To'1. The I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of J offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District i,2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam, VisakhaPatnam District fy The Station House Officer, V. Madugula Police Station, AnakaPalli D'lstrict off~ one cc to sRl. ARRABOLU SAI NAVEEN Advocate [OPUC] I wo ccs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy PSR a-.so .``-i, \ HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED..02/04/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.3251 of 2025 ALLOWED