iffi-i _ ``-`t+ie` '\ IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO ts# CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4005 OF 2025 Between : Adapa Lakshml- Ganesh, S/o Nageswara Rao, Aged 21 years, R/a Venkateswar Nagar, Zilla Parishad, Maharanipet, visakhapatnam District. ...Pet:itioner/Accused No.A2 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through Station House Officer, Maharanipeta, visakhapatnam city, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathl-, Guntur District. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C, praying that in th6 circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds fl'Ied I-n support of th6 Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioner on Bail in connectI-On With Crime No. 26 of 2025 on the fI-le Of the Maharanipetat+ Police Station. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petitI-On and thei memorandum of grounds filed I-n Support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of M/s BANDI PRAVEENA, Advocate for the petitioner, and of' PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court made the foIIowI-ng APHCO10189682025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special orjgjnal Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF jUNE TWO THO-USAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO £B!Efl!D!4LEEI!±!Q±!±!Qi4QQen Between : Adapa Lakshmi Ganesh AND The State ofAndhra pradesh Counsel for the petitI-Oner/accused: Bandi praveena [3521] ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED i ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for the Respondent/complajnant.- 'Public Prosecutor The court made the following.- QBBEB± The Criminal Peti{jon has been filed under sectl-ons 437 and 439 of code of crjmjnaI Procedure,1973 (for brevity fthe cr.p.cJ)/sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarjk suraksha sanhita, 2023 (for brev<I-ty tthe BNSSJ), :eeking to enlarge the petI-tjOner/Accused on bail in cr.No.26 of 2025 of MaharanI-Peta Police station, visakhapatnam for the offence punishable under sections 22(b), 20(b)(Ii)(b) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropjc substances Act, 19€5 (for brevj{y i{he NDPS ActJ). i- Dr.YLR, J CrI.P.No.4005 of 2025 Dated24'.06.2025 _# 2. The case of the prosecution in a nutshell js thaton o8.03.2025 atabou{ 19.-00 hrs to 22.loo hrs, the statI'On House offl'cer of MaharaI-Pe{a PolI'Ce station got credible information regardI'ng illegal possession of MethylenedI'OXymethamphe{amine (MDMA) drug and ganja and proceeded to the alleged scene of offence, found the pe{l'{ioner and others in possession of ``_-- the contraband i.e,, MDMA wejghl'ng about 3.910 grams and 1.15 grams of ganja. valued at Rs.8,750/-. The contraband was seized under the cover of medjatorsnama. The petitioner and the other accused were arrested and Produced before the learned Magistrate. `{Q 3. Mr Ramakoteswara Rao, the learned counsel representing smt, B. praveenaj the learned counsel for the petjtI-Oner Submits that the petitioner is )T`. I|nnOCent and he has not commI'tted a.ny offence,I the petitioner was falsely implicated by the police in the crime; the petj{joner l's the sole breadwinner,I the petitioner would abide by any conditions to be imposed by this court,- and urged to allow the petition. 4. . Per confra, Mr.NeelotphaI Gunj, learned Assistant public Prosecu{:r, I submits that the petitioner was found in possession of the contraband red- handed. The jnvestigatjon is not yet conc!ucjed. There were adverse antecedents reported against the petI'tI'Oner tinder Sections 307, 364 and 323 of 'the I.p.c.,I and urged to dismiss the bail petition. 5. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner anal the learned Assl-slant - ~''fro-`thcIQI,`acaen,4+6run> Public prosecutor. ±-.- - rv=; ^`..`ry,~`_I-':` _i/ 6. Perused the record. 7. The contraband allegedly selrZed from the possession of the petitl'oner and the other accused is 3.910 grams of MDMA and 1.15 grams of ganja !which are not a commercial quantity. The petitioner has been in the judicial I .custody for the past 116 days. The material portion of the I-nVeStI-gatiOn has been completed. considering the perI'Od Of detention undergone by the petitioner in judicial custody, the nature of the allegat['ons leveled agaI-nSt the petitioner and hI'S COmPleX['ty allegedly involved I|n {hI'S Case, the prayer of the petitioner is required to be consI'dered positively with the following stringent conditions. 8. Accordl-ngly, the criminal Petition I'S allowed, a) ln the event of arrest of the petitioner, the petitioner shall be enlarged on ba" on ekecutI-ng a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only), with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Metropolitan sessIIons Judge-Gum-I Additional District & sessI-OnS Judge-Gum- specI'al Judge for Trial of offences under NDPS Act at Visakhapatnam,I b) The petitioner shall make himself avaI|Iable for investigatI-On as and when requirecI,I c) The petitioner shall not cause any threat, inducement or Promise {O the prosecution witnesses; <*` -..{-i,: To, d) The peti{I'Oner shall appear before the station House officer concerned once ['n a week i.e., on every saturday between 10.00 a.m. and o5.00 p.m., tI'I[ the fI'lI'ng Of the charge sheet. e) The petitioner shall not leave the district II'mjtS W]'thOut express PermI'SSI'On from the Stall-on House Officer concerned. llTRuE COPYll ASgl=#s:_AA:S_FR# SECTION OFFICER 1. The Metropolitan sessions Judge-Gum-I Additional DistrI-Ct & Sessions Judge-special Judge for Trial of offences under NDPS Act, at Vl-sakhapatnam, visakhapatnam District 2. The superl-ntendent, central prl-son, vlsakhapatnam, visakhapatnam DJ'StrI'Ct 3. The stat]-on House officer, Maharanjpeta poII'Ce StatI'On, Vl-sakhapatnam District 4. One CC to M/s BANDI PRAVEENA, Advocate [opuc] 5. Two cos to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy PSR Note: paragraph No.8(a) of courtJs order dated 24.06.2025 I-S Substituted as per court's order dated 15.07.2025 in I.A.Moll of 2025l Substitute this- amended order in the place of earlier Order wh]-ch was dispatched on 05-07-2025. Sd/-K.KASIRAO ACHARI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATED :24/06/2025 (15.07.2025) BAIL ORDER (Amended) CRLP.No.4005 of 2025 ALLOWED -'.( tJ>