r| - ---_ WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5958 OF 2025 Between : ng?i.,.,t€faq=L:#:i! I/I TIT. Korra Nagaraju, s/o. subbarao, aged about 28 years, R/o. Kunaput Village, Guntagennela panchayat, Dumbriguda Manda], AIluri Sitharama Raju DjstrI'Ct. ...PetitI-Oner/Accused No.3 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondent Petition under sectio'ns' 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C/ Under Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, 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 the petjtieln'er/Accused No.3 on bail pending disposal of CrI-me No.61/2O23 of Ravikamatham p.s., now Anakapalli Djs±rict. The Petition coming dn forhearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI BALABHADRljNI MANOHAR Advocate for the petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court made the following HONJBLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.5958 of 2025 Order : The Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A-3, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.61 tof 2023 of Ravikamatham Police Station, Anakapalli District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 12.07.2023 at 10.00 hours, Sub-Inspector 'of Police, Ravikamatham PS, at Ravikamatham Junction, Ravikamatham Village and Mandal, found Al and A2 in possession of 21 Kgs of ganja worth of Rs.1,O5,000/-in a gunny bag. On interrogation, they stated that they purchased the said ganja from petitioner/A3. Al and A2 were arrested and remanded to judia'al custody. A3 was apprehended on 26.04.2025 and since then, he is in judicial custody. 4. Learned counsel for the,petitioner submits that the petitioner was shown as Accused No.3 basing on the confessional statement of co-accused, and he has been languishing in jail since 26.04.2025. i'\ 'i i --.g 5. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor Submits that major POrtiOn of the invest|lgation has been completed. 6. Heard. Perused the record. 7. Basing on the COnfeSSiOnal Statement Of CO-accused, a Case has been registered against the petitioner here'ln and the petit-IOner herein was not apprehended at the scene of offence. The petitioner was arrested and sent to judicial remand on 26.04.2025 and since then he is in jail. considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this court 'ls inclined to release I-he petitioner on bail. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition iS allowed. The petitioner/ Accused No.3 shall be released on bail on executing a Personal bond for Rs,10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) With two Sureties for the like sum to the Satisfaction Of the learned I Additional District & sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for trial Of Offences under the NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. The petitioner Shall appear before the station House Off'lcer concerned On every Sunday between 10.00 AM and 1.00PMtillfilingOftheChargeSheet' -ASSfSDTJi#sE `. //TRUE COPY// SECTION ODGFICER _`'i. i For I-=Iiii= 1. The.I Additional Di§tr`i6t & sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act,`Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District 2. t;The Superintendent, Central Jail, Visakhapatnam, VIsakhapatnam I, District 3. The Station House Officer, Ravikamatham Police Station, Anakapal[i District 4. One CC to 'SRl. BAL'ABHADRUNI MANOHAR, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy PSR HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED : 02/07/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.5958 of 2025 ALLOWED