<--`=- -- _ lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT A#: .-.__-off_-__:,-_--_ ___ _ _~ `:a>: WEDN#ESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF A®P ll^/O THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RArgr CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3193 OF 2025 Betwee n : Pati Khila @ Guru, S/o. Samara Khila, aged about 31 Years, Sobhaput ward Boosuput village, Panthalung Post Nandapur mandal, Koraput DI'StriCt,Odisha State, Pin No. 764038. ...Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND ..The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through Station House Officer, S.kota Police Station, VIzianagaram Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi, Guntur District. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS l's filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioner/A1 on Bail in connection with crime No.92 of 2024 of S.Kota police StatI'On, VI'Zianagaram District, U/s 8(c)r/w20(b)(ii)(C) section of NDPS Act,1985 date 06-04-2024. 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 K PRIDHVI RAJU Advocate for the petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, and the court made the following ORDER: IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original JurisdictI-On) [3369] WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3193/2025 Between : Pati Khl'Ia @ Guru ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. K PRIDHVI RAJU 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 petitioner herein/A1, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.92 of 2024 of S.Kota Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under sections 20(b)(ii)(C) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 2. Case of the prosecution is that, on o6.04.2024, on receipt of credible information, the Sub-Inspector of Police along with his staff and mediators rushed to Pandirappanna Junction, and caught the accused in possession of 200Kgs of Ganja. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of Mediators Report. 2 ~/ 3. Heard. perusedtherecord. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submI®tS that basI'ng On the confessI®Onal statement of co-accused, the petitioner hereI-n Its arrayed as accused I-n the present crime. Except the confessI'Onal statement, no other I'nCrI'minating material I-S collected showI'ng the compljcI-ty Of the petI'tl-Oner in the present crime. Learned Assistant public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the grant of baI®I to the petI'tl'Oner hereI'n. lt l®s submitted by the learned counsel for the petI'tI'Oner that the petI-tI-Oner has permanent abode and there js no possjbI®Ijty of hI-S fleeing away from the JurI-SdiCtI'On Of the Court. It is submI-tted by the learned AssI'Stant Public prosecutor that the l®nvestjgatI-On in the present crime I'S completed and charge sheet js also filed. 5. ln view of the facts and circumstances of the case, since the petl'tI'Oner herel-n is arrayed as accused basing on the confessI-Onal statement of co-accused, thI-S Court I-S inc"'ned to grant ba" to the petI'tl'Oner herein/A1, on the foIIowl'ng condl-tjons. i. The petI'tjOner hereI'n/Al shall be released on executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty fI'Ve thousand only) with one surety for a I,Ike sum each to the satisfactI'On Of the learned specI®al Judge for Tra" of cases under NDPS Act- cum-I Addl®tl-onal sessI-OnS Judge, vizI'anagaram. '\ 3 ii. The petitioner shall co-operate with the trail of the Case. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. _..--.-.i_-.=\--,.i-`. `. ,,,.` sD/-A. VljAYfi'lBABu . .,I-. : AS S I STA`rdT` L, //TRUE COPY// + -'.. \\-''._t,i \T?v _\f SECTION 6FF§lCER I To, 1apThe Station House Officer, S.kota Police Station, Vizianagaram. 2. The Metropolitan Sessions Judge-Gum-1 Addl. District & Sessions E Judge, Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS act, Vizianagaram. 3. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam. 4r One CC to SRI. K PRIDHVI RAJU, Advocate [OPUC] #Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 6. One spare copy KN rr ?_ \¥,. -H[GH®couRT . \ TIVI R,J DATE D.. 02/04/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.3193 of 2025 ALLOWED /