IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE : PRESENT: ^ HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO \%||; CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5230 OF 2025 $ iS CF j .'I \ \ V. It. -\kl \ ■■f r ■ Between: 1. Kallapalli Nagendra @ Keela, S/o Krishna Moorthy, Aged about 40 years,R/o RangampalliVaddipalli Village Annamayya District. 2. Kamsali Kumari, W/o Annamalai Chari, Aged about 38 years, R/o Rajiv Nagar, Tirupati Town, Tirupati District. 3. Babu Rajan Sreeni, S/o Babu Rajan, Aged about 43 years, R/o D.No. 27, Vikas Industries, West Hills, Calicut, Kerala State. Pulampeta Mandal j j ...Petitioner/Accused Nos.1, 2 & 4 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Public Prosecutor, Through Station House Officer, Obulavaripalli Police Station, Annamayya distric ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C) is filed, praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge/release the petitioners herein/ Accused No. 1,2 and 4 regular bail in Crime No. 198 of 2024 of Obulavaripalli Police Station, Annamayya district dated 02.11.2024. on Counsel for the Petitioners : Smt. AYESHA AZMA S Counsel for the Respondent : Assistant Public Prosecutor. The Court made the following ORDER: HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO f'DiMiNiai petition no- S230 of 2025 THE ORDER: filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the The Criminal Petition has been Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to Cr.No.198 of 2024 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha etitioners/Accused Nos.1, 2 & 4 on bail in enlarge the p District, registered against the Obulavaripalli Police Station, Annamayya Nos.1, 2 & 4 herein for the offence punishable under petitioners/Accused Section 8(c) read with Substances Act 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). in nutshell is that on 02.11.2024 at 10.15 of Police, Railway Kodur Circle, Kesava Swamy Temple, on NH 716 The case of the prosecution credible information, the Inspector 2. am, on along road, the police caught the and arrested them under cover of panchanama. with his staff reached near Chenna Obulavaripalli Mandal and found A1 to A4 in possession of ganja. Then accused and found 50 KGs of ganja in their possession and the learned Assistant 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. counsel for the petitioners submits that were falsely the sole breadwinners; 4. Smt. Ayesha Azma, the learned the petitioners have not implicated by the police in committed any offence; petitioners the crime; petitioners are \ Dr.YLR, J Crl.P.No.5230 of2025 ^ petitioners would abide by urged to allow the petition. any conditions to be imposed by this Court'; and 5. Per contra, learned Assistant Public bail stating that the petitioners witnesses have to be Prosecutor, opposed in granting of are habitual offenders, some more material examined; investigation is not compieted; if the petitioners are eniarged on baii, they wouid not be available for the escape from the clutches of law; and urged to dismiss investigation and would the bail petition. 6. As seen from the record, the custody since 02.11.2024. petitioners have been in the judicial The petitioners District, Tirupati District of Andhra Pradesh are residents of Annamayya and Calicut of Kerala respectively, they would not law, and interest of the justice would If the petitioners are enlarged on bail with stringent conditions, flee away from the clutches of the be served. 7. Keeping in view of the period of detention in judicial custody for more than 190 days levelled against the petitioners inclined to enlarge the petitioners conditions. undergone by the petitioners the nature and gravity of allegation and their alleged role in the case, this Court iIS on bail with the following stringent / Dr.YLR, J Crl.P.No.5230 of 2025 In the result, the criminal petition is allowed with the following 8. conditions: i. The petitioners/A1, A2 & A4 shall be enlarged on bail subject to their executing a bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) each, with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Kodur. The petitioners/A1, A2 & A4 shall appear before the Station House Officer, Obulavaripalli Police Station, Annamayya District, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court. iii. The petitioners/AI, A2 & A4 shall not leave the limits of the District without prior permission from the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Kodur. The petitioners/AI, A2 & A4 shall not commit or indulge in IV. commission of any offence in future. The petitioners/AI, A2 & A4 shall cooperate with the V. investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make themselves available for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. V Dr.YLR, J Crl.P.No.5230 of 2025 vi. The petitioners/A1, A2 & A4 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/-B.CHITTI JOSEPH assistanJ registrar SE^fioN OFFICER //TRUE COPY// F To, 1. The Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Kodur. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Kadapa, YSR Kadapa District. The Station House Officer, Obulavaripalli Police Station, Annamayya district One CC to Smt. Ayesha Azma S, Advocate [OPUC] Two CCs to Public Prosecutor (AP) High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] One spare copy 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. cvss / HIGH COURT Dr.YLR.J DATED: 16/05/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.5230 of 2025 ALLOWED r 1 ti MM m !Sn A •k7 ★