iZ' [3521] lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. Betwee n : LAKSHMANA RAO ,L,I., * CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4103 OF 2025 Ualangi Ramanna Padal, S/o. Appanna Padal, aged about 31 years, R/o. Bheemalapalli Village, Chinthapalli Mandal, Alluri Sitharama RaJ-u District, A.P. Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Respondent Petitl'on under sections 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C), praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support Of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail pending dl-sposal of crime No.595/2024 of Pendurthi P.S., Visakhapatnam District. The petition comI-ng On for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO, Advocate for the Petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the following; ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 437 and 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 (for brevity fthe cr.p.cJ)/Sections 480 ancl 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity [the BNSS'), seeking to enlarge the petitioner/Accused on bail in Cr.No.595 of 2024 of Pendurthi police Station for the offence punishable under sections 20(b)(iI-)(b)(C), 25 read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic substances Act,1985 (for brevity fthe NDPS Act'). 2I The case of the prosecution I-n a nutshell is that on 17.12.2024, the Sublnspector of pendurthi poll-Ce Station, on receipt of credI-ble information about illegal cultivation and possession of ganja, secured `the presence of medI-atOrS and rushed to Gavara Jaggayyapalem Village of pendurthi Mandal and conducted vehicular checking. The police noticed the petitioner and other accused were proceeding on scooty, on seeing them they tried to escape. The police apprehended the petitioner and other accused; based on their confession they found the petitioner and other accused were in possession of 10 kgs of Hash oil. The contraband was seized under the cover of the mediators report. The Police have arrested the petitioner and other accused and forwarded them to the learned MagI-Strafe fOrjudicial remand. 3. Mr Ramakoteswara Rao, the learned counsel representing srI- GI Maheswara Rao, the learned counsel for the petitioner submI-tS that the petitioner is innocent and he has not committed any offence; the petitioner was falsely implicated by the police in the crime; the petitioner I-S the SOle breadwinner; the petitI-Oner WOuld abide by any conditions to be imposed by this court; and urged to allow the petI-lion aS the statutory period of more than 180 days in the remand. 4. Per contra, Mr.Neelotphal Gunj, learned Assistant pubII-C prosecutor, submits that the contraband is commercial quantity while admitting that the petI-tI-Oner has been in judicial custody for the past 180 days and urged t9 Pass aPPrOPrI-ate Orders besides submitting there are no adverse antecedents reported agaI-nSt the petitioner. 5. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant public prosecutor. 6. Perusecl the record. -.=!`.--,--^.. .r -` >e / I+ 7. The petitioner has been in the judicial custody since 17.12.2025 that is for more than 180 days. It is not clear in the mediators report that in whose possession the 10 kgs` of Hash oil was exactly found. Of course, the contraband which is of commercial quantity was seized under mediators report. considering the nature of the allegations leveled against the petitioner and his alleged role played and the period of detention has been undergone by the petitioner,, the prayer of the petitioner is found convincing, however imposing certain stringent conditions found reasonable. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. a) ln the event of arrest of the petitioner, the petitioner shall be enlarged on bail on executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousancl only), with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the Learned VII Additional Judicial Magistrate of First class, Visakhapatnam. b) The petitioner shall make himself available for investI-gatiOn aS and when required; c) The petitioner shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecutl-on witnesses; d) The petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer COnCerned Once in a Week i.ey On every Saturday between 10.00 a.m. and 05.00 p.m., till 1:he filing of the charge sheet| e) The petitioner shall not leave the district limits without express permission from the Station House Officer concerned. Sd/-K. KASIRAO ACHARI //TRUE COPY// ASSIST#G ISTRAR For ASSISTANT REGISTRAR / / To, 1. The V" Additional Judl|cjal FI'rSt Class MagI'Strate, Visakhapatnam 2. The I Additional District & sessI'OnS Judge-special Judge for Trial of offences under NDPS Act.I Visakhapatnam 3. The Superjntenden{, central Jail, Vl-sakhapatnarn 4. The Station House officer, pendurthl' p.s., visakhapatnam Distrl'ct 5. One cc to sRl. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate [opuc] 6. Two ccs to pubII'C Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 7. One spare copy KJ Note.I The words €fsatisfactjon of the arrestI-ng Police officials.- jn the operatI-Ve portl-on of the order are corrected as flsatFsfaction of the Leamed v" AddlltI-Onal Judicial MagI-Strafe of First class, visakhapatnam" as per order of this court dated 16-O7-2O25 in IA No.1 of 2025. Substitute thI-S amended order I-nPlaCe of earII-er order, which was dispatched on 25-07-2025. Sd/- K. KASIRAO ACHARI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR \\ HIGH COURT DR.YLRJ B4ELD : 24/06/2Q2§ (16-07-2025) BAIL ORDER AMENDED CRLP.No.4103 of 2025 ALLOWED i=p`ut-a=jtr;6L,'_i_igiFcSj