R\.. | \ \\\` `r-+-I+`--``'` lN THE HIGH COURT Off ANDHRA PRADESH AT A THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE -. pRESENT'. E=_ THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO'. 6069 OF 2025 Between-. Lingeri SubbaraO, S/o Ramnaidu, Age 60 years, R/a Pedabayalu Village, pedabayalu Mandal, AIluri Seetharamaraju Distr'lCt....pet-It-lOner/Accused No.3 AND The State Of Andhra PradeSh, through Station House Offlcer, Pedabayalu statlon, vlsakhapatnam Rep. by Pj!bliG Prosecutor, High Court at AmaraVat'l ...Respondent petition under sectlon 483 & 480 of BNSS, 2023 is filed Praying that in the circumstances stated in memorandum of grounds of criminal petitlon, the High Court may be Pleased tO release the Petitioner/A3 on ba" ln COnneCtiOn with crlme No.03 of 2025 of Pedabayalu Police Station, VisakhaPatnam-, The Petition COmlng On for hear-lng, upon PeruSIng the Petition and memorandum of grounds of cr-lminal petition and upon hearing the arguments of sri Ramineni Sudheer, Advocate for the Pet'ltiOner and Public Prosecutor for the Respondent, the Court made the fOllOW'lng-, -\` -` .. /L,. -.' This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharat'lya Nagarik SurakSha Sanh|lta, 2023, has been flled by the .i- i-ri-.._ Td r€ -+ 2 petitl'oner/A3, seeking ball, in Crl-me No.o3/2025 of pedabayalu Police Station, ASR DjstrI|Ct. 2 A case has been regI'Stered agaf-nst the petj{,'oner and others for the offences under sectlons 111(2)(b) of B N S and see 20(b)(H)(C), 25 read wl'th 8(c) of the Narco{lc Drugs and psychotropIC Substances Act 3. case of the prosecution, l'n brI|ef, I'S that, on 24.01.2025 at 9.00am, on receipt of cred,'ble jnformatI'On regarding illegal possession and transportatllOn of ganjaJ S,I of pol,ce, along wI'th staff, reached LjngerI|Pettu Village junctlon and found three persons I'n suspicious cI|rCumstances. on seeI'ng poIICeJ SaI'd three persons trled to escape. Then po'IfCe apprehended them and on enquI|ry, they d]'sc'osed {heI'r I|dentI'ty particulars as that of Al to A3 and police found 220kgs of ganja I'n theI-r possession, The contraband was seized and the accused were arrested and remanded {o judjcI|al clJStOdy on 24.01.2025. 4. Heard learned counsel for{he pe[l't,oner and the leamed Assl'stant public prosecutor for respondent-state, perused the record. 5. Learned Assistant pubII|C Prosecutor submI'tS that major part of the investigation ,'s completed except fill-ng of charge sheet. 6 A perusal ofth_e material avallable on record goes {oshowtha{the contraband that was allegedly seI'Zed from the auto was 220 kgs of ganJa and the petl'tl'oner was arrested on 24,01.2025. The petitioner ,'s I'n + ngL.+ <-_rff3-F, 4, .). +* .,.... 3 jud'lc',al remand from 24.01.2025 and aS major Part Of inVeSt'lgatiOn 'lS completed except filing Of Charge Sheet. 7| ln View Of the aforesaid facts and Circumstances of the Case, this court is inclined to grant ba'll to the petitioner herein, on the follow'lng cond',lions. (i) The Petitioner/A3 here|ln Shall be released On h',S eXeCut'lng a personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand Only) With two sureties for a "ke sum each to the sa{lsfactlon of the learned Judicial First Class Mag|,strafe, Paderu; (ii) on release, the petitioner sha" 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 Cr'lmina[ Petit[lOn 'lS allowed. //TRUE COPY// SD/-EV[.SR[N]VAS ASSISTANT SECTION G \J\J |\+ \-``` - o cos to public prosecutor, High Court Of AP [OUTl To, 1. The Judicial First Class Magistrate, Paderu. 2. The Superintendent, Central JaH VisakhaPatnam. 3I The Station House Officer, Pedabayalu StatiO" VisakhaPatnam. 4. One CC -to Sri. Ramineni Sudheer, Advocate [OPUCl ._ _I ^D I,r`l-lT1 spare COPY lSTRAR CER _ _ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED.. 03/07/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.6069 of 2025 ALLOWED