:~P •-./ lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE a a ) :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4780 OF 2025 r- =±'f\*t±¢{ beap±,g Betwee n : 1. Chatakonda Guraiah @Ravi, S/o. Guraiah, aged about 39 years, R/o. 8/13, Girinagar, Rangasamudram, Porumamilla Mandal, Y.S.R.Kadapa District, A.P. 2. Murla Chantibabu, S/o. Late Jogiraju, aged about 50 years, R/o. Vanthadapalli Village, Jerilla, G.K.Veedhi Mandal, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, A.P. 3. Nagadasari Kesava, S/o. Late Kesalu, aged about 37 years, R/o. Raghavendra Nagar, Rangasamudram, Porumamilla Mandal, Y.S.R. Kadapa District, A.P. 4. Akkidasari Srihari, S/o. Late Chinnaiah, aged about 29 years, R/o. Girinagar, Rangasamudram, Porumamilla Mandal, Y.S.R.Kadapa District, A.P. ...Petitioners/Accused No.2 to 5 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondent petition under section 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C and Section 480 & 483 of BNSS, is filed praying that in the circumstances Stated in the grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioners/Accused No.2 to 5 on bail pending disposal of Crime No.38/2025 of Golugonda P.S., now Anakapalli District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon Perusing the Petition and the grounds fI'led in Support thereof and upon hearing the arguments Of Sri GollapallI' Maheswara Rao, Advocate for the Petitioners and of Public Prosecutor for Respondent, the Court made the following _ ...'=- The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity fthe BNSSJ), seeking to enlarge the petitioner/Accused Nos.2 to 5 on bail in Cr.No.38 of 2025 of Golugunda Police Station, Anakapalli District, registered against the petitioners/Accused herein for the offence punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and- psychotropic substances Act, 1985 (for brevity {the NDPS ActI). 2. The case of the prosecution in nutshell is that on ll.04.2025 the Sub-Inspector of Police, Golugonda Police Station, received information about the illegal possession and transportation of ganja and he secured the presence of mediators and rushed to outskirts of Golugonda village, where he noticed one Toyoto Etios vehicle coming from K.D. Peta side to Narsipatnam side and on seeing the police, the driver tried to escape by reversing the vehicle. The Sub-Inspector of Police along with his staff apprehended four persons from the vehicle and seized 1 kg of Hash Oil from their possession under the cover of mediators report. i, t\1 \` 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned AssI-Slant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 4. Sri. G.Maheswara Rao, the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have not committed any offence; petitioners were falsely implicated by the police in the crime; petitioner are the sole breadwinners; petitioners would abide by any conditions to be imposed by this Court; and urged to allow the pe{i{ion. 5. Per cot,fra, Ms.P. Akila Naidu, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor, opposed the bail application stating that the petitioners are habitual offenders, some more material witnesses have to be examI-ned; investigation iS not completed; 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 the judicial custody since ll.04.2025. The petitioners are residents of Rangasamudram, Porumamilla Mandal, Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh. lf the petitioners are enlarged on bail with 7. Keeping in view of the period of detention undergone by the petI'tiOners in judicial custody for more than 45 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 petitioners on bail with the following stringent condI-lions. 8. ln the result, the criminal petition is allowed wI'th the following condI'tiOnS: i. The petjtI-Oners shall be enlarged on bail subJ-eCt to the executing a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only), with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satI-SfaCtiOn Of the learned I Additional District & sessions Judge - Special Judge for Trial of offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. I'I'. The petl'tioners shall appear before the Station House Officer, Golugonda poll'ce stall-On, Anakpalli District, on every saturday in between 10:00 am and o5:00 pm, till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court. _ _ iii. The petitioners Shall not leave the limits Of the District without prior permission from the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge - Special Judge for Trial of offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. iv. The petitioners shall not commit Or indulge -ln comm'lssion of any offence in future. v. The petitioners shall cooperate With the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make themselves available for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. vi. The petitioners shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer. SD/-G ASSISTAN TRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To] 1. The I Additional District anc! Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. 2. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 3. The Station House Officer, Golugonda Police Station, Anakapalli District. 4. One CC to Sri Gollapalli Maheswara Rao, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs toPUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of A.P., Amaravati. [O UT] 6, One spare copy. PSD I- HIGH COURT TCDS,J DATED : 05/06/2025 BAILIORDER CRLP.No.4780 of 2025 ALLOWED