-RT- ` WEDNESDAY ,THE SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: | i_` .~ THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5949 OF 2025 Between : 1. Ganderi Srinu Babu, S/o. Chitti Babu, aged about 39 years, R/o. Dongaloya Village, Thammangula Panchayat, Chinthapalli Mandalj AIluri Sitharama Raju Dl|strjct: 2. Kimudu Praveen Kumar, S/o. Nageswara Rao, aged about 20 years, R/o. Annavaram village, ChinthapaIIi Mandal Alluri Sitharama Raju District. AND Petitioners/Accused 1 & 2 The State ofAndhra Pradesh, Rep dy its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Respondent/Complainant Petition under sectI'OnS 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C, (New Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023) praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed 1'n Support Of the Criminal Petition,` the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No.1, 2 on bail pending disposal of Crime No.98/2025 of Payakaraopeta p.s., now Anakapalli Distrl'ct COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER : SRI. BALABHADRUNI MANOHAR COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT : PUBLIC PROSEC-UTOR THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER Qdrr : HONJBLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY S±Emj_nat PetE±Eg±LNo.5949 of 2025 The Criminal Petition, under sections 480 & 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the Petitioners/A-1 and A-2, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.98 of 2025 of Payakaraopeta police statl'on, Anakapalli District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioners for the offences punishable under sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic substances Act, 1985. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on o9IO5.2025 at o9.15 hours, on receiving credible information regarding illegal transportation of ganja, the Inspector of police, payakaraopeta police StatI'On, along with his staff and mediators, proceeded to Thandava Sugar Factory, payakaraopeta village and Mandal and while conducting vehicle checking found Al and A2 in possession of 24 Kgs of ganja transporting the same in Auto bearing No.AP 39 TC 8329. Al and A2 were arrest:ed and got remanded to judicial custody on the even date. The contraband, along with other auto and other material, was seized under the cover of mediators report. 4. Learned c~ounsel for the petitioners submits that the quantity of contraband a-Ilegedly seized from the possession of accused is only 24 Kgs, and the petitioners were remanded to judicial custody on 2lE3F f-- -ri --.? o9.05.2025 and since then they are languI'Shjng jn ja" and entire I-nvestjgation I-s completed. 5. Learned Asslstant publlc Prosecutor submits that major portion of the I'nVeStlgatJOn has been completed except filing of formal charge sheet. 6. Heard. perusedtherecord. 7. A perusal of the materlal on record goes to show that 24 Kgs of ganja was allegedly sefzed from the possession of petltjoners. The petltjOners was arrested and remanded to judJCIal custody on o9.05|2025 and slnce then they are languIShlng fn fall. Since Jt lS subml'tted by the learned Asslstant publlc prosecutor that major portlon of lnvestlgatlon has been completed except flII'ng of formal charge sheet, this court is inclI'ned to release the petjt,'oners on bail. 8. Accordlng'y, the crlm,hal PetltiOn js allowed. The petlt,'oners/ Accused Mos.1 and 2 sha" be released on ba" on each of them execut,'ng a personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) wI-th two suretl'es each for the like sum each to the satjsfactI-On of the learned I AddI-tjOnaI Djstn'ct & sessions Judge-Gum-special Judge for trial of offences under the NDPS Act, VI-Sakhapatnam. The petjtjoners sha" appear before the station House offl'cer concerned on every sunday between 10.00 AM and 1.00 PM till fill-ng of the charge sheet. SPL.pr,sF`lNlvAS \\--_ ASSl For //TRUE COPY// SEcTI:o#F: EGJSTRAR OFFlcER _ __ -,I .I, To, 1. The I Aclditional DI'StriCt & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatn`am 2. The superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam 3. The Station House officer, Payakaraopeta P.S., now AnakapaIIi District 4. One CC to SRI. BALABHADRJNI MANOHAR Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P[OUT] 6. One spare copy I/ ®\` `\\ `® HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED : 02/07/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.5949 of 2025 ALLOWED Oq luL \\\\ __t# E=r