IN THE HIGH COURTbF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR WEDNESDAY ,THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE / TrflHONOU RAB LE SRi PJRuEsSTFcNET: ONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA lvAH - Between : CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3227 OF 2025 AmaI S R, S/o.Suseendran c s, aged abt 24 years, R/o.Aswathy Mandl-ram, Peroor, TKMC PO VTC Kottamkara, po TKM College, District KoIIam, Kerala state. / Petitio Il e I/AI AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, SHO, GRP P.S., Vlzakapatanam, Represented by its public prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh at Amaravati, Guntur / Dl'strict. Respondent Petition under sectl'ons 437 and 439 of Cr.P.C(New Sectl-ons 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,2O23), is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the crI-mI-nal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the :eRt:lOpno:lr::1s:antioRne,gvullSa:kBaapI:::nra::pect?the Crlme No,61 /2025 on the flle Of The petl'tion coming on for hearing, upon perusI'ng the Petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri ANAND KUMAR KOCHIRl, Advocate for the petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent, the court made the following ORDER [3369] WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T IVIALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIIVIINAL PETITION NO.- 3227/2025 Between : Amal S R ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the petitioner/accused: 1.ANAND KUMAR KOCHIRI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant.- 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the followin Order.. ThI'S Criminal petI®tiOn under Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS, has been filed by the petI'tiOner herein/Al seekI'ng regular bail in Crime No.61 of 2025 of Visakhapatnam Poll-Ce StatI'On, registered for the offences punishable under sectI-OnS 20(b)(ii)(B) read with 8(C) of the NarcotI-C Drugs and psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 2. Case of the prosecutI-On, in briefI'S that On 18.02.2025, the RPSI along wI'th hl-s staff while conducting checking platforms at Visakhapatnam Railway Station, found the accused in possess,-on of 8.5Kgs of Ganja. The contraband along with other material was seI®Zed under the cover of medl®ators report. 3. Learned counsel for the petI'tI'Oner contends that the petl'tioner has been in judl'cial custody from 18.02.2025 and prays thI'S Court to grant bail to the petjtjoner herein. ifEaeE-5J ~ 4. On the Other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the grant of bail on the ground that investigation in the present crime is not yet completed. 5. Heard. Perused the record. 6. Learned counsel for the Petitioner Submitted that the contraband alleged to be seized from the possession of accused is 8.5Kgs of ganja, which -ls not of commercial quantity. lt is submitted that the petitioner had permanent abode and there is no possibility of his fleeing away from the justice. lt is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that most of the witnesses are shown to be offic|lal w'ltnesses and the release of the accused would not cause hampering of investigation and tampering of witnesses. lt is submitted by the learned Assistant Public prosecutor that the petitioner herein has no previous crime record. 7. ln view Of the aforesaid facts and Circumstances Of the Case and since the contraband involved in the present crime 'ls not a commercial quantity, this court is inclined to grant ba" to the petit'loner herein. 8, ln the result, the Criminal Petition iS allowed With the following conditions: i. The petitioner herein Shall be released On bail On his executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand Only) with one surety for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned vl Addit-lonal E= t` r=--_1 Judicial Maglstrate Of First Class for Railways-Gum-VI Additional Civil Judge Court, VisakhaPatnam. ii. on release, the petitioner sha" appear before the station House ofrICer 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 petitioner Sha" make himself available for inVeStigat-lOn aS and when required and that he shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecut'lon witnesses. SD/-K. KASIRAO ACHARl ASSISTAN,T<¥ GlSTRAR /ITRUE COPY SECTION OFFICER To, psk 1. The VI Jud'lcial Magistrate of F'lrst Class for Railways and VI Addl. Civil Judge, Visakhapatnam. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam, 3. The SHO, GRP P.S., Visakhapatnam. 4. One CC to SRl. ANAND KUMAR KOCHIRI Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to the PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P [OPUC] 6. One spare copy i5rty r / I, i \ HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED :02/04/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.3227 of 2025 ALLOWED •r- l`\ 4 lb\PR 1&te' a.,aq4T:a;.:.,;.:. ~I \ •fff%;*;SS-§_££££ffff# i