lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAV THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE I.pREsENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3316 OF 2025 Between: Killo Viswanadam, S/o.Rambabu, Age 43 years, Near Main Road, Marriguda Village, Bodagandi Panchayat, Y Ramavaram Mandalam, ASR D'IStr'lCt. petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by SHO, Maredumilli Police Station East Godavari District, through Publ'lc Prosecutor, H'lgh Court of Andhra pradesh, Amaravat'l. Respondent/Complainant pet'ltion under section 480 & 483 of BNSS., is filed Praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminalpetition, the High Court may be Pleased tO enlarge the petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail in COnneCtiOn With Cr'lme No.55 /2021 on the file of Maredum"" Police Station, East Godavari D-IStriCt, Pend'lng enqu'[ry and tr'lal in connection with the sa'ld crime The petition coming On for hearing, upon Perusing the Pet|It'lOn and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hear'lng the arguments of sri. N V MOHANA RAO Advocate for the Petitioner and Of publ'lc prosecutor for the Respondent; The Court made the following: I+f-ul~;fig_fasL=:! -se" APHCO10157082025 lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH (speciaIA5rfgTnAaRIAJVu?I-TsldictI-On) [3369] THURSDAY ,THE THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRlMINAL Between.- KI'llO VI-SWanadam The State of Andhra Pradesh NNO:331 6/2025 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the petI-tiOner/accused.I 1.N VMOHANA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant.I 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the foIIowI-ng.I ORDER.-- This Criminal petI-lion, under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petjtl'oner/A1, seeking regular bail, jn crI'me No.55 of 2021 of Maredl®ml'llI' Poll-Ce StatI'On, East GodavarI' District. 2. A case has been regI'Stered agaI®nSt the petitioner/Al herein and others for the offences punishable under sections _ _-) 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act, 1985 (for short {the NDPS Act'). 3. The brief facts of the case are thatthiS iS a Case Of illegal possession and transportation of Narcotic and PsychotroPiC Drug that occurred on 28.05.2021 at 2.15 p.m., at the outskirts Maredumilli Village, Maredumilli Panchayat at GM Valasa Junction towards Chinturu road during vehicle checking by the police, A2 to A6 were found in possession and transportation Of 375 kgs of ganja, in 15 gunny bags each bag weighing 25 kgs, which was fetched from A1, in Ashok Leyland Lorry bearing No.MH-22-AN-1313 and on Hero Glamour Motor cycle bearing No.AP-39-GC-1452 while coming from Chinturu and proceeding towards Maredumilli. A2 to A6 were arrested, contraband along w'lth crime vehicles and other materials were seized under the cover of mediators report. Al was arrested On 12.ll.2024 and since he has been in jail. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. The learned counsel for the Petitioner Submits that the petitioner has been in judicial custody since 12.ll.2024. He further submits that, based on confessions of co-accused, the \`_-I I--=a IiiiiiiT case was regI'Stered agaI®nSt the petI'tI'Oner/Al and n6 contraband was se,'zed from him. The learned Assistant public prosecutor has opposed granting bail to the petitioner on the grounds that the investigation was not completed. when ascertained the learned Assl'stant pubII'C Prosecutor confirmed that the petjtI®Oner has no antecedents. The learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the petitioner has a permanent abode at Tadepalli, Guntur Distrl-ct, and there is no possibility of his fleeing away from the Jurl-sdiction of the court. Most of the witnesses are shown to be official witnesses and the release of the accused would not cause hampering of l'nvestigatI-On. As most of the I-nVeStigatiOn mI-ght have been completed, as such, this Court is inclined to grant baI-I to the petitioner. (i) The petitioner/Al shall be released on execut,-ng a Personal bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satI'SfaCtl'On Of the learned Judicial FI'rSt class Magistrate, Rampachodavaram. (ill) After release, the petI-tI®Oner Shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, once in a week for a period of three (03) months. lf`` . H •r .® (iii) That the petitioner is directed not to hamper the investigation and tamper with the prosecution witnesses and he shall cooperate with the investigation. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. //TRUE COPY// sd/- LI. SR! BEr`/i Tol SECTION ®FFI.CFE¥ -I 1. The Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rampachodavaram, East Godavari District. 2. The Superl'ntendent, Central Jail, Rajamahendravaram, East Godavari District. I 3. The station House Officer, Maredumilli Police Station, East Godavari District. 4. One CC to Sri. N V MOHANA RAO, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to the PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy JSS ~L-L£ `_q HIGH COURT TMR, J DATED: 03/04/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.3316 of 2025 ALLOWED