ii=Jr; IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO -=:r:I:t': CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5966 OF 2025 -* ,+ Betwee n : shaik Khalid @ KhaleeI, S/o.Ahmas Valli, Aged 23 years, R/o Flat No.FF- 2, Sai Srinivasa Residency, Housing Bord Colony, Kommadi, Visakhapatnam. u.Petitioner/A5 AND The State of A.P., Rep. By-<[€s Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravati, Through Station Ho'riSe Officer, P.M.Palem Police Station. ...Respondent Petition under Section 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C(New Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023), is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/A.5 on Regular Bail in connection wl-th Crime No. 176/2025 on the file of P.M.Palem Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. dated:21.03.2025. The petition coming on for Fi6aring, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Puvvala Srinivasa Rao, Advocate for the petitioner and of public Prosecutor for Respondent, the court made the following APHCO10291702025 :i:i=: IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY ,THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE pRESENt THE HONO'URABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5966/2025 Between : Shaik Khalid @ Khaleel I AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. PUWALA SRINIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: [3521] ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED -"RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity 'the BNSS7), seeking to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No.5 on bail in Cr.No.176 of 2025 of P.M.Palem Police Station, V-lsakhapatnam District, registered against the petitioner/Accused No.5 herein for the offence punishable under' Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1*985 (for \<-.*=® i.ZJL-~+-,,,.f? .J lJ\ brevity. [{he NDPS Act"). -I 2. The case of the prosecution isthaton 21.03.2025, the accused No.5found jn possession of 1.5 Kgs of Ganja whI-Ch I-S being purchased from the other accused. The S.I. of police of p.M.Palem police station apprehended the accused No.5 and seized contraband under the cover of medI'atOrS report and arrested him and sent him to J'udiCial Custody. 3. Heard, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant public Prosecutor. perused the record. 4. Srj Puvva[a Srjnivasa Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence; pet[-tioner Its innocent; pe{itI-Oner was falsely impll-cated; he would abide by any conditions to be imposed by.this Court; and urged to enlarge the petitioner on bail. 5. On the other hand, sri Neelotphal Ganji, learned Assistant public prosecutor, argued that 1.5 kgs of ganja were found jn the possessI'On Of the petitioner; the investI'gatiOn iS underway and he urged the court to pass approprI-at'e Orders. 6. On perusal of the record, the petitioner was arrested on o2.04.2025, ever since he has been in the judicial custody. `7. In view of the nature of the allegations leveled against the petitioner in the complaint, the specific role played by the petitioner, and the perI-Od Of detention undergone by him I-n judicial Custody, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail with strI-Ct COnditiOnS. \+ -I ToJ ln the result, the crI|mlnal petlt,on fs allowed wI'th the following condltlons' I) The petI|tI'Oner/accused No 5 sha" be enlarged on ba" subject to the executing a bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only), with two sureties each for the lI'ke SIJm each to the satI-Sfaction of the learned I Addl|tl|onaI D,-strl-ct & sessions Judge-Gum-special Judge of offences under NDPS Act, VIsakhapatnam. I In The petI-tl'Oner/accused No.5 sha" appear before the station House officer, p.M.Palem poll-Ce Station, vl'sakhapatnam District, on saturday once in two weeks I-n between 10.-00 am and o5.-00 pm., till the conclusion of the TrI'al. lil-) The petitioner/accused No.5 sha" not dI-reCtly Or ind,-rectly I-nfluence or threaten or meet the wj{nesses l'ncludjng the de- facto complajnant. SD/-G.I ASSISTANll //TRUE COPY// SE l[LANAIDU REGISTRAR TION OFFICER 1 The I AddltlOnaI DIStrlCt a Sessl'ons Judge-Gum-speclaI Judge for TrlaI of offences under NDPS Act, VIsakhapatnam. 2. The superintendent, central Pn-son, vI-Sakahapatnam. 3 The statIOn House offlcer, p M Palem poIICe Statlon, vJSakhapatnam Distrllct. 4. One cc to srI- Puwala srinl-vasa Rao, Advocate [opuc] 5 Two cos topuBLIC PROSECUTOR, H]'gh court of AP, Amaravatl'. [o uT] 6. One spare copy. PSD •\AA LN :®;i feSft+€..ll-``\l . -`,-Jl^- •';-. L±/t[ HIGH couRT DR.YLR,J DATED.-25/06/2O25 BAIL ORDER CRLP.NoI5966 of 2025 ALLOWED