IN THE HIGH COURT OF. ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl THURSDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT.I THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I.C.D.SEKHAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4732 OF 2025 Between : 1. AngadI-Sai Chandu @ chandu, s/o premkumar, Aged about 26 years, vedurupallj Village, Murukuntapadu (p), Bapatla (M) and DI'StriCt. 2. Sumair Mustafa, s/o Fayaz pasha, Aged about 22 years, # 302, 3rd floor, 3rd cross, Mad[-na Nagar, Near Fatal Gas bunk, Manganmaplaya, Bangalore. . . . PetI-tI-Oners/A-5 and A6 AND 1. The State of Andhra pradesh, Represented by I-ts public prosecutor, High court ofAndhra pradesh. ...Respondent/complainant petition under sectl-on 480 & 483 of BNSS, is filed praying that ln the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the criminal petitI|On, the HI'gh Court may be pleased tovenlarge the petitioners A5 & A6, on ba" Ion connection wI'th Crime No.137 of 2024, On the fI'le Of Yetapaka police Stall-On, AIIurj Sitharama Raju DjstrI-Ct. The petitf-on coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petl-lion and the grounds fI-led Ion Support thereof and upon hearI-ng the arguments of sri KadI-yam Nee[akanteswara Rao, Advocate for the pet[-tI-OnerS and of Public prosecutor for Respondent, the court made the fo[lowjng ORDER... The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity fthe BNSS'), seeking to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos.5 and 6 on bail in Cr.No.137 of 2024 on the file of yetapaka police station, Alluri Sitharama Raju D-lstr-lot, registered against the petitioners/Accused Nos.5 and 6 herein for the offence Punishable under section 20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act, 1985 (for brevity lthe NDPS Act]). 2. The case of the prosecution in nutshell is that on 12.ll.2024 at about 3.00 p.m., the Sub-Inspector of Police, Yetapaka Police Station, Alluri sitharama Raju Distr'lct, on receiving information about the illegal possession and transportation of ganja and rushed to the scene of offence by securing the presence of mediators and apprehended A1, A3 to A6 and found 100 Kgs of Ganja in their possession. The contraband Was Seized under cover Of a mediators report and they were arrested and sent to iud-lcial custody. 3. Heard learned counsel fOrthe Petitioners and the learnedAssistant Public prosecutor. perused the record. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners Submits that the Petitioners have not committed any offence; petitioners were falsely implicated by the police in the crime; petitioners are the sole breadwinners; petitioners would abide by any conditions to be imposed by this court; and urged to allow the petition. (.\ _z2Zj' A 5. Per confra, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, opposed the bail _ application stating that some more material witnesses have to be examined; investigation is not conlPleted; if the Petitioners are enlarged On bail, they would not be available for the investigation and they would escape from the clutches of law; and urged to dismiss the bail petition. 6. As seen from the record, the petitioners have been in thejudicial custody for the past 181 days. The lst petitioner is resident of vedurupalli village, Murukuntapadu Post, Bapatla Mandal and District and the 2nd petitioner is resident of Madina Nagar, Manganmaplaya, Bangalore. If the petitioners are enlarged on bail with stringent conditions, they would not flee away from the clutches of the law, and interest of the justice would be served. 7. Keeping in view of the period of detention undergone by the petitioners I-n judicial Custody for more than 180 days, the nature and gravity of allegation levelled against the petitioners, and their alleged role in the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petI-tiOnerS On bail With the following Stringent conditions. 8. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowedwith thefollowing conditions: (i) The petitioners shall execute personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) each with two sureties each for like sum each to the satisfaction of learned I AdditI-Onal Judicial First CIass Magistrate, Rampachodavaram. (ii) The petitioners are directed to appear before the Yetapaka Police station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, on every 2nd Saturday and 4th Saturday between 10.00 a.m. to 05.00 p.m., till filing of the charge sheet. (iii) The petitioners shall not directly or indirectly contact or threaten the witnesses under any circumstances and any such attempt shall be construed as an attempt of influencing the witnesses and Shall not tamper evidence and shall co-operate with the investigation. lt is made clear that the petitioners shall scrupulously comply with the above conditions and breach of any of the above conditions will be viewed seriously and prosecution is at liberty to move an application for cancellation of a the bail. As a sequel, pending applications, -lf any, Shall Stand Closed. ASSISTAfu'T //TRUE COPY// sisDfri¥l +Sg¢¥gc¥cfThJSRA R SECTgON :OFFICER To, 1. The I Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Rampachodavaram. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Rajamahendravaram. 3. The Station House Officer, Yetapaka Police Station, AIIuri Sitharama Raju District. 4. One CC to Sri Kadiyam Neelakanteswara Rao, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs toPUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of A.P., Amaravati.[OUT] 6. One spare copy. PSD HIGH COURT TCDS,J DATED: 12/06/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.4732 of 2025 ALLOWED