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2025 DAILYLAW 20796 (AP)

PANGI KIRAN KUMAR v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

CRLP/6054/2025 · 2025-07-02

K Sreenivasa Reddy

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is_Eii= \| IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANEP§,ngRA PRADESH AT AMARA THURSDAY, THE TH!RD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSA'ridr,i,AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETIT!®RE NO: 6054 OF 2025 Between : Pangi Kiran Kumar, S/o. Naga Raju5 aged about 26 years, R/o, Seesaguda Village, Tokuru Panchayat, Ananthagiri MandaI, AIluri Sitharama Raju District, A.P. I.... petitioner/Accused No.1 ---AREgS The State Of Andhra Pradesh,`R'exp by'`its Public Pro`secutor, High Court of \ ( Andhra Pradesh. ,.r , ,`T~`t|=.--`{ ... Respondent Petition under section 437 & 439`cb`i Cr.P.C and Sec.480 & 483 of BNSS is filed, praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High'``tS+-o'u\`rt may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail per3di<rig disposal of Crime No.80/2025 of II Town P.S., Visakhapatnam District. The petition coming on for he-!S\rir!g, upon perusing the petition and the affidavI't filed in support thereof a-n-;d:J'ir'P'On hearing the arguments of SRI GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAG ,!t4td'aJOCate for the Petitl-oner, Assistant Public Prosecutor for the respondent €artd the court made the following. I ¢ ~ ORDER I I . .J3 'SiL-I;_ I ? APHCO10292962025 lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (special original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND'AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6054/2025 [3327] Between : 1.PANGI KIRAN KUMAR, S/O. NAGA RAJU, AGED ABOUT 26 yEARS, R/O. SEESAGUDA VILLAGE, TOKURU PANCHAYAT, ANANTHAGIRI MANDAL, ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU DISTRICT, A-I. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. .HRESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT petition under section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal pet'ltion, the High Court pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail pending disposal Of Crime No.80/2025 of lI Town P.S., Visakhapa{nam District and to pass counsel for the petitioner/accused: 1.GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO counsel for the Respondent/complainant 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the folloWing'. ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharat'lya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the Petit'lOner/A1, . T.-----fe -=. seeking bail, in Crime No.80/2025 of " Town Police station, visakhapa{nam Commissionera{e. 2. A case has been registered against the pe{it['oner and others for the offences under sections 20(b)(ii)(B), 25 read with 8(c) of the NarcotI|C Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act. 3. case of the prosecution, in brl'ef, I-Sthat, on 10.4.2025 at 12.00 noon, on receipt of credible informat]-on regarding illegal possession and transpor{atl'on of ganja, the s.I of PoI]|ce, along with staff and mediators rushed inside Adwani parkJ near Harbour police s{a{ion, Kobbaritho{a, visakhapa{nam and found one person jn susp['cious cl-rcumstances by holding a bag. on see['ng police, said person tried {o escape. Then po[jce apprehended said person who is child in conflict with Law. on interrogat]Lon, he d[-sclosed his identity particulars as accused and police seized 1.280 kgs of ganja from his possession. He confessed the involvement of Al jn transportat[|on of the ganja. police seized the contraband, arrested the accused and got hI'm remanded to judicial custody/J'uVenile home. Pol[|ce arrested the pe{I'tjOner on 25.4.2025 and since then the petitioner is in judicial remand. 4. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant public prosecutor appearing on behalf of the respondent-s{a{e. perused the record. 5. Learned Assistant public prosecutor submits that the court may pass appropriate Orders. ai I .-.----., 6. A perusal of the material available on record goes to show that the .. I petitioner was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 25.4.2025. Police on credible information seized 1.280 kgs of ganja from the other accused. pursuant to the confessional statement of co-accused, the petitioner was arrested. No incriminating material has been seized from the petitioner to connect the petitioner with the crime. Basing on the confessional statement of co-accused, the petitioner has been arrested and remanded to J-udiCial custody.- 7. ln view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/Al herein, on the following conditions. (i) The petitioner/Al herein shall be released on his executing a personal bond for Rs.10,.000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each'to the satisfaction of the 'learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge-Gum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences Under NDPS Act, Visakhapa,tnam; (ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before- the Station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e. on every sunday between 10.00 a|m. and o5.00 p.m., till filing of charge sheet. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. `|/.. J` ``` I__i..}! I IT fr_:JE:le:®PY I I i-.\` \+. To, '/ `<. i\ 4.€: '\..,: SD/-N.NAGAMMA A SsS:ScTTAexR5DEF:IIcSETRRA R iIIB_ `-`: -.`. ~-. + 1. The I Addl. District & Session-S`Ji£dge -Special Judge for Trial of •.' i._.. offences under NDPS Act, Vi§a'khap-atnam. 2. The Superintendent, CentraF-,i-i~:i!`', `ivisakhapatnam, V-lsakhapatnam District. .`.;I.-t 3. The SHO, II Town Police Static,`r!\5 Visakhapatnam commissionerate. 4. One CC to SRI. GOLLAPALLi M.1\HESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSEt:-ljToR, High Court of Andhra- Pradesh.[OUT] 6. One spare copy + \ y €=_..r.rr5-_7-? HIGH COURT SRK, J DATED :03/07/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.6054 of 2025 ALLOWED -:-£giv&¢Ld g€rtylf o4 JuLqu5 gr3'f~-±L ` _`|rut.|I_+,Lh-,+