\ - IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR I+ WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL =E[ Between.I TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT.- NOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3236 OF 2O25 , `€¥#*#-i RPah:ugvarJeodsdhyl,I TSe/IOanSgaaniua Josy28 years, D'No 5-ll-68, Yapral, Medchal, ...Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The state of Andhra pradesh, through the station House officer, Donkarai r|- A -_ _ _ / RS, ASR Dist Pradesh. ePreSented by Publl'c Prosecutor, High court of Andhra ...Respondent petitI-On under SectI'On 480 & 483 of BNSS is filed praying that in the cl'rcumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed jn support of the crl|minal petition, the High court may be pleased to grant him ba" on such terms and conditI'OnS aS deemed fit directl'ng his enlargement I|n Crime No. 1 of2025 ofDonkarai ps. / The petition coming on for hearl'ng, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI DUGGIRALA SUBASH Advocate for the petI't,'Oner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, and the court made the followl'ng ORDER-. APHCOIO151962025 :E=: IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3369] WEDNESDAY ,THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3236/2025 Between : Dhruv Joshi ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.DUGGIRALA SUBASH 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.1 of 2025 of Donkarai 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 07.01.2025, on receipt of credible information, the Sub-Inspector of Police along with his staff and mediators rushed to Kanaka Durga Temple, outskirts of Donkarai Village, and caught A3 in possession of 2Kgs of liquid GanJ®a. The contraband along with other materl'al was seized under the cover of Mediators Report. •SE iE 2 I. 3. Heard. Perused the record. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that basing On the confessional statement of co-accused, the petitioner herein is arrayed as accused in the present crime. Except the confessional statement, no other material is collected showing the complicity of the petitioner in the present crime. Moreover, the petitioner herein was arrested on 18.01.2025 and since then he has been in judicial custody. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed to grant bail on the ground that investigation in the present is not completed. lt is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has permanent abode and there is no possibility of his fleeing away from the Jurisdiction of the Court. lt is submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the petitioner herein has nO previous crime record. 5. ln view of the facts and circumstances Of the Case, Since the petitioner herein is arrayed as accused basing on the confessional statement of co-accused, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner herein/A1, on the following conditions. i. The petitioner herein/Al shall be released on executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) .--,-,- eL-i-t-3a 3 i with one surety for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, RaJ-amahendraVaram. ii. On release, the petitioner 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 O1.00 PM., for a period of three (3) months. iii. The petitioner is directed not to hamper the investigation and tamper with the prosecution witnesses. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. sD/- K. KASIRAO ACHARl ASSISTANT //TRUE COPY// SECTION -OFFICER RE_I?AR To, 1. The Station House Officer, Donkarai RS, ASR District. 2. The lSt Additional SessI'OnS Judge at Rajamahendravaram. 3. The Superintendent, Central PrI'SOn, Rajamahendravaram. 4. One CC to SRl. DUGGIRALA SUBASH, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two cos to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 6. One spare copy KN r. HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED :02/04/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.3236 of 2025 ALLOWED .ffg£gf£"ffffi+##erFTsFLfng£ I-}'.i , gn.i: ,; #f.i . +.. = o2ELPR\\to `-c~r€:irI¢r:<V-