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/// nJ iE. 4/ [3505] IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY ,THE TWELFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE THE HONOURABLEpsRRFsJEuNsTT:ICE T.C.D.SEKHARE CRIMINALPETITIONNO:5815OF2025 , . Between.I Aasl-f, S/o. Mohd. Haafiz, aged about 30 years, R/o. 77, Bhainser Heri, P.O. Basera, Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh State. AND Petitioner/Accused No.1 €r_ The State ofAndhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. RespondentJ, Petition under section 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C and SectI-OnS 480 & 483 of BNSS I-S filed praying that I'n the Circumstances Stated I-n the affl'davI't filed in support Of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail pending disposal of Crime No.165/2025 of Visakhapatnam Railway P.S., Visakhapatnam. The petition/Appeal coming on for hearl'ng, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate for the petitioner, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) for the Respondent and the court made the following. ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity {the BNSS'), seeking to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail in crime No.165 of 2025 of Government Railway Police Station, Visakhapatnam, registered against the petitioner/Accused No.1 herein and others for the offence punishable under Section 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity [{he NDPS Act'). 2. The case of the prosecution, in a nutshell, is that on o1,05.2025, the Assistant Sub-Inspector Of Police, along with staff and mediators, was conducting vehicle checks at Railway Station Junction. The Police noticed one Person under Suspicious circumstances and on seeing the police the said Person tried tO escape. The ASI of Police with the assistance Of her Staff apprehended the accused and found ll Kgs of ganja. A case was then registered against the accused. 3- Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner/Accused No.1 and the learned Assistant Public prosecutor. perused the record. f c.. ---=== -o
4. Smt. G.Maheswara Rao, the learned COunSel for the petitioner/Accused No.1 submits that the Petitioner/Accused No.1 has not committed any offence; he was falsely implicated by the police in the crime; he is the sole breadwinner; he would abide by any conditions to be imposed by this court-, and urged to allow the petition. 5. Per contra, Ms.
K.Priyanka Lakshmi, the learned Assistant public prosecutor, opposed in granting of bail stating that some more material witnesses have tO be eXam'Ined-, investigation iS not completed; if the petitioner/Accused No.1 is enlarged On bail, he would not be available for the investigation and he WOuld escape from the clutches of law; and urged to dismiss the bail petition. 6. As seen from the record, the Petit'lOner/Accused No.1 has been -ln the judicial custody from o1.05.2025. The petitioner/ Accused No.1 'ls resident Of Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh state. lf the petitioner/Accused No.1 is enlarged On bail With stringent cond'ltions, he would not flee away from the clutches of the law, and interest of the justice would be served. 7. Keeping in View Of the Period Of detention undergone by the petitioner/Accused No.1 in judicial Custody, the nature and gravity Of :;I..` `l\\,,. I I A I allegation levelled against the petitioner/Accused No.1, and his alleged role in the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No,1 on bail with the following Stringent conditions. 8. [n the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: i. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be enlarged on bail subject to executing a bond for a ,sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only), with two (02) sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned VI Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Railways, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. ii. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall appear before the Government Railway Police Station, Visakhapatnam, once in a month on every fourth Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court. The Petitioner shall furnish the sureties from the State of Andhra Pradesh. iii. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. iv.
The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make himself available for
I interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. v. The petitioner/Accused No.1 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/-sliAIK MOHD. RAFl ASSISTANT //TRUE COPY// sECTl6N OFFICER F Tol
1. The VI Judic'lal Mag-lstrate of First CIass for Railways, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 2. The Superintendent, Central Jail, VisakhaPatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 3. The Station House Officer, VisakhaPatnam Railway P.S., ` Visakhapatnam. 4, One CC to SRl. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC] 5, Two CCs to Public Prosecutor (AP) High Court ofA.P., Amaravati [OUT]. 6. One spare copy _
HIGH COURT TCDS,J DATED:12/06/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.5815 of 2025 ALLOWED giv.*.