I_. lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT A MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE =PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDD CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5571 OF 2025 Between : Hemanth Nayak, S/o. Late Bhartu Nayak, aged about 38 years, R/o. Gontiguda Village, Ucchala Panchayat, Jai Patna Block, Kalahondi District, Odisha State. .HPetitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondent Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Section 437 and 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 t`he petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail pending disposal of Crime No.19/2025 of Munchingiput P.S., now AIIuri Sitharama Raju District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of M/s. KOLLI USHA KIRANMAYEE Advocate for the Petit`loner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, and the Court made the following ORDER: •*.-- APHCO10269342025 E¥ffiE IN THE H'IGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special OrigI-hal Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF July TWO T'HOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE [3327] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY Between: CRIMINAL PETITION NO.. 5571/2025 1.HEMANTH NAYAKu S/O. LATE BHARTU NAYAK, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, R/O. GONTIGUDA VILLAGE, UCCHALA PANCHAYAT, JAI PATNA BLOCK, KALAHONDI DISTRICT, ODISHA STATE. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND' 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C` and 528 BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum E=r= OO Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail pending disposal of crime No.19/2025 of MunchI-ngiPut P.S., now AIIuri Sitharama Raju District and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KOLLI USHA KIRANMAYEE C'ounsel for the Respondent/comp[ainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER.. This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the -rf 2 petitioner/A1, seeking bail, in Crime No.19/2025 of Munchingiput Police Station, A.S.R. District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offences under Section 111(2)(b) of B.N.S. and See.20(b)(ii)(B), 25 read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on ll.4.2025 at 4.30 pm, on receipt of credible information regarding illegal possession and transportation of -ganja, the S.I of Police, along with staff, reached Labburu Village Junction, Jolaput Panchayat and found two persons in suspicious circumstances. On seeing police, they tried to escape. Then police apprehended them and on enquiry, they disclosed their identity particulars as that of Al and A2 and on search, police found 10 kgs of ganja in their possession. The contraband was seized and accused were arrested and remanded to judicial custody. 4. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent-State. Perused the record. 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that major portion of investigation is completed except filing of charge sheet. 6. A perusal of material on record goes to show that the contraband that was allegedly seized from the petitioner and another person was 10 kgs of ganja. The petitioner was arrested on ll.4.2025 and since then, Q.I .,.I ts:ja 3 he has been languishing in judicial remand. The material on recor'd goes to show that major portion of investigation is completed except filing of charge sheet. 7. ln view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner herein, on the following conditions: (i) The petitioner/Al herein shall be released on his executing a Personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge-Gum-Special Judge for trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam; (ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before the station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e. on every sunday between 10.00 a.m. and 05.00 p.m., till filing of charge sheet. 8. Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed. //TRUE COPY// Sd/- K.TATA RAG DEPUTY ,RE,GISTRAR I SECTION OFF!CEP` To, \<I 1. The StatI|On House OffI-Cer, Munchingiput p.s., now AlluriSitharamaRaju Djstrjct. 2. The Judicial Magist+a{6`of First class Magistrate, paderu. 3. The I AddI'tiOnal District and sessions Judge -specI'al Judge for Trial of Offences under NDP-S Act, Visakhapatnam. 4. The SuperI-ntendent, Central PrI-Son, Visakhapatnam. 5. One CC to M/s. KOLL! USHA KIRANMAYEE, Advocate [opuc] 6. Two CCs to PUBuC PRO`§ECUTOR, High Court of Andhra pradesh. [OUT] 7. One spare copy KN I_ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED :07/07/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.5571 of 2025 ALLOWED