IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl/^ . WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :-AW ■ o i(/t A PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4741 of 2Q2f; Between: 1. Kothandan C, S/o. Chinnaiah Reddy, Aged 64 Years, Pillayar Kovil Street, Theruali, Tiruvallu, Tamil Nadu State. 2. Purushoth E, S/o. Ellappan, Aged 25 Years, 727,1®' Street, Elavur Post, Tirillur District, Gummidipoondi, Tamil Nadu State. ...Petitioners/Accused Nos.2 & 4 n' AND '■ - . ■= The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh'at Amaravati. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Sections 4Bd & 483 of BNSS (under Sections 439 of Cr.P.C) praying that in the circumstances 437 & stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition,, the High Court may be pieased to release the petitioners on bail in on Cr.No 95/2024, Chinturu Police Station, East Godavari District. This Petition coming on for. bearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition.and; upon hearing the arguments of Smt Koppisetti Parvati Devi, Advocate Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent. The Court made the following for the Petitioners and the Public V>-' 5 / \ IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO % 9* » ‘A. I • i CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4741/2025 Order: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioners/A2 and A4, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.95 of 2024 of Chinturu Police Station, East Godavari District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners herein and others for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’). 3. The brief facts of the case are that this is a case of illegal possession and transportation of Ganja that occurred on 16.12.2024 at about 2.00 p.m., at opposite to Chinturu Police Station wherein the Sub-Inspector of Police, Chinturu Police Station during vehicle checking found A2 to A4 and arrested them while they were found in possession trying to transport 50 kgs of ganja on Ashok Leyland vehicle bearing No.TN-05-BV- 2234 and Passion Pro motorcycle from Chintagoppa Village, Sile»'u to Tamilnadu State illegally and then SI of Police seized 50 kgs of ganja packed in two plastic bags, Ashok Leyland vehicle bearing No.TN-05-BV-2234 and Passion Pro motor cycle, cash of Rs. 11,000/- and 2 touch pad mobiles from the possession of A2 to A4 while, A1, the supplier of ganja, was 2 absconded. Consequently the against the accused. Heard. Perused the above said crime was registered 4. record. 5. The learned counsel for No.1 was granted bail be enlarged on bail. the petitioners submits that and requests that the Accused present petitioners also 6. 2025 CrtP.No.2501 of ^025, dated 17.03.2025, ground that wherein bail was granted to A1 on the was seized from his no contraband possession. Accordingly, the application However, the of A1 was considered on that basis. case of the present petitioners does not stand on the same footing as that of A1 as the involvement of a commercial ^ of 180 days IS not inclined to consider the quantity of contraband is alleged, and the statutory period has not yet lapsed. Hence, this Court i present bail application. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. assistPmt “ srinivas assistant registrar SECTIO^ //TRUE COPY// To OFFICER 1. TheJudicial First Class. ' ’ Magistrate, Rampachod The Special East Godavari 3. The Superintendent Cem , r. Godavari District. District. Central Prison, Rajahmund 2. fy. East Godavari Disirfch OneCCtoSmt CD Copies Officer, Chinturu Police Station, East Godavari Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Koppisetti Parvati Devi, Pradesh Advocate fOPUCJ HIGH COURT DATED; 07/05/2025 'Or ORDER Cj 2«» m 7n‘?5 or nri' s- CRLP.No.4741 of 2025 DISMISSING THE CRIMINAL PETITION