-+,, / lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARA TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: \ THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO,j%qr=+.; CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4727 OF 2025 Betwee n : csr~~~ ey#:,g ,._ 1. Kothandan c, s/o. chinnaiah REddy, Age 64 years, pillayar Kovil street, Theruali, Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu State 2. Purushoth E, S/o Ellappan, Aged 25 years, 727,1st street, EIavur post, Tiruvallur District, Gummidipoondi Tamil Nadu State PETITIONERS/A-2 and A4 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its public prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under sections 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old SectI-OnS 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C), praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavI-I filed I'n support of the crI-minal PetI-tI'On, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the PetitI-OnerS 1 & 2/ Accused No. 2 & 4 on bail in connection with crime No. 95 of 2024 dt.16-12-2024 on the file of Chin{uru Poll-Ce Station, AIIuri Sithrama Raju District. E=-I-L The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusI-ng the Petition and the grounds filed I-n Support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of srI' KADIYAM NEELAKANTESWARA RAO, Advocate for the petl'{l'oners and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the following; EiE IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4727/2025 Betwee n : Kothandan C and Others AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. KADIYAM NEELAKANTESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: [3521] ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) .URESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT 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.2 and 4 on bail in Cr.No.95 of 2024 of chinturu police statI'On, AIIuri Sitharama Raju District, registered against the petitioners/Accused Nos.2 and 4 herein for the offence punishable under Section 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(c) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity fthe NDPS A`6i"}rD i,zz5ZS- r I 1'+ 2 provenance of the,case of the prosecution I'S that on 16.12.2024, th: petI'tiOners were found I-n possession and transportatl-on of 50 Kgs of Ganja ln two plastic bags The s.L of police of chI|nturu Poll'ce sfatlon apprehended the ^-+?+:_-_ _ petf'tl|oners and seized contraband under the arrested them and sent them to judjcjal custody. cover of medI|ators report and 3 Heard, learned counsel forthe petltlOners and the learned Asslstant publlc prosecutor. perused the record. 4 sri K.Neelakanteswara Rao, learned counsel for the pe[ltjoners submits that the petltIOners have not commltted any offence, petltlOners are Innocent, petjtI|Oners were falsely implicated, they would ablde by any condl'tIOnS to be I|mPOSed by thI'S Court,I and urged to enlarge the petltlOners on ba" 5. on the other hand, srl| Neelothpal Ganji, learned AssIStant Pub'I|C prosecutor, argued that 50 kgs of ganJa Were found l'n the possession of the petltIOners, valued at Rs 2,50,000/-, the lnvestlgatlon IS underway and he urged the court to pass approprJate orders ln vlew of the completIOn of the statutory perl|od jn judl'cl'al custody by the pe[I'tl|Oners. 6. on perusal of the record, the petltiOners were arrested on 16.12 2024, ever sl'nce they have been l'n the judI'CIal custody for more than 188 days 7. ln vlewofthe nature of the a"egatl'ons leveled agalnS"he pe{ItlOners I|n the compla,nt, the specI'fIC role played by the petltlOners, and the perlod of detentlon undergone by them ln judlclal custodyJ thlS Court js lnclfned to enlarge the petjtJ-Oners on ba" wl'th strl-ct condl-lions, t=-` =-- E= ~, 8. ln the,result, the crimI-hal petition is allowed with the following condI|tI'OnS.- i) The petI'tiOnerS/ accused Nos.2 and 4 shall be enlarged on bail subject {o the executing a bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only), with two sureties each for the like sum each to the sail-SfaCtiOn Of the learned I Additional JudI-CiaI FI'rSt class Magistrate, Rampachodavaram. ii) The petitioners/ accused Nos.2 and 4 shall appear before the Station House Officer, ChI'nturu PolI'Ce Stall-On, AIluri SI-tharama Raju District, on saturday once in two weeks in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm., till the conclusion of the TrI-aI. I'ii) The petitioners/ accused Nos.2 and 4 shall not dI|reCtly or indI'reCtly influence or threaten or meet the witnesses including the de-facto complal-nant. As s lSs?ks£¥ MGitsD:p,_£\\E I ."i GISTRAF?` FFicE_R` //TRUE COPY// Sect, ForAOo[,.. __ To, 1, The I Additional Judicial First Class MagI'Strate, Rampachodavaram. 2. The Special Sessions Judge for Trial of the Cases under the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic substances Act 1985-Gum-I Additional Sessions Judge.- East GodavarI' District: Rajamahendravaram 3. The SuperI-ntendent, Central Prison, Rajamahendravaram 4. The StatI'On House officer, chinturu police Station, AIIuri Sithrama Raju District 5. One CC to SRI. KADIYAM` NEELAKANTESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 7. One spare copy HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATED : 24/06/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.4727 of 2025 ALLOWED I