IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH::AMARAVATI > WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4097 OF 2025 Between: Gollori Podalam, S/o late Arjun, Age about 52 years, R/o Goppulapalem Village, Vanjari Panchayat, G.Madugula Mandal, Alluri Seetha Rama Raju ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.1 .. ■ AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through Station House Officer, G.Madugula Police Station, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi, Guntur District., ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANTS Petition under Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS., is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioner/A1 on Bail in connection with crime no.08 of 2025 of G. Madugula Police Station, U/s 20 (b)(ii)(C) 25 R/w. 8(c) Section of NDPS Act, 1985, 05.03.2025 This Petition coming on for,.hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri K PRIDHVI RAJU, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor behalf of the Respondent on The Court made the following: IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4097/2025 Order: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioner/A1, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.8 of 2025 of G.Madugula Police Station, Aliuri Sitharama Raju District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’). 3. The brief facts of the case are that on 05.03.2025 on receipt of credible information, the SI of police along with staff and mediators rushed to G.M.Kothuru Junction, G.Madugula, Aliuri Seetha Ramaraju District and caught hold the accused in the presence of mediators and seized 30 kgs of ganja. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner/A1 contends that the petitioner is arrested on 05.03.2025 and since he has been languishing in jail and prays to allow the petition. 5. 6. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that 30 kgs of ganja is commercial quantity and investigation is not completed and some more witnesses are to be examined and prays to dismiss the criminal petition. 7. After careful observation of the material on record and submissions made on behalf of both sides, as the contraband involved in this crime is huge quantity i.e. 30 kgs of ganja and the petitioner is remanded to judicial custody on 05.03.2025 itself and the allegations made against the petitioner is grave in nature, this Court is not inclined to consider the criminal petition at this stage. as 8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. Sd/- B CHITTI JOSEPH ASSISTANT RE^STRAR //TRUE COPY// [ SECTION OFFICER / To, 1. The I Additional District & Sessions Judge -cum- Spl. Judge for Trail of Offence under NDPS Act; Visakhapatnam District The Station House Officer, G. Madugula Police Station, Anakapalle Visakhapatnam District One CC to SRI K PRIDHVI RAJU Advocate [OPUC] ^^^CCs to The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh Three CD Copies 2. 3. 4. 5. HIGH COURT DATED: 07/05/2025 2 0 JUN 2025 \iy^(t!ii][gnt Sectio ORDER CRLP.No.4097 of 2025 si^ DISMISSING THE CRIMINAL PETITION