t±` i---L---_ lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI rf WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF J TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH. CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4461 OF 2025 , T\%.a,,.T3 -\ Between : Nakkaraju Satish, S/o Demudu, Aged 25 yrs, D.No.2-32 , Rice Mill, Marturu Village, Anakapalli Mandal, Visakhapatnam District I..Pet:itioner/Accused No.3 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through the S.H.O., of Paderu Police Station , Rep., by its Public Prosecutor High Court at Amaravathi. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 482 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleasec! to grant an Anticipatory Bail to the Petitioner in connection with the Crime in F.i.R. No.154/2022 of Paderu P.S., by directing the S.H.O., of Paderu P.S., to Release the Petitioner /Accused No.3 in the€~ event of his Arrest. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the=¢` arguments of SRI R SIVA SAI SWARUP Advocate for the Petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the Court made the following / 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is arraigned as Accused No.3 in Crime No.154 of 2022, on the file of Paderu Police Station, AIIuri Sitharama Raju District, for the alleged offence under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c), 25 of NDPS Act. lt is submitted that the police . have completed investigation and filed charge sheet and it is yet to be taken on file. 3. Considering the submission that the charge sheet is already filed and also taking into consideration the Judgment of HonJble Supreme Court in the matter of S,-c/ctharfh v, Sfafe of Uffar Prac'esh in Criminal Appeal No.838 of 2021, `wherein the Supreme Court has held that once charge sheet is filed, the accused would be entitled for anticipatory bail. 4. Considering the law laid down by the HonJble Supreme Court, the Petitioner Shall Surrender before the Metropolitan sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam and furnish a personal bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand only) with two sureties for like sum to the satisfaction of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam and the learned Sessions Judge shall impose conditions as required for the purpose of trial. 5. With the above conditions, the criminal petition is allowed. .+=tsii3=. Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, in the Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. /T\ sD/-K.J.RAJA BABU //TRUE COPT ASSslEScTTAINoTNffiScTERRAR To, 1. The Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam. 2. The Station House Officer, Paderu Police Station, Alluri S-ltharama Raju gr District /,,` 3. One CC to SRl. R SIVA SAI SWARUP Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 5. One spare copy PSR HIGH COURT HN,J DATED..25/06/2025 ANTICIPATORY BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.4461 of 2025 ALLOWED