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2025 DAILYLAW 20817 (AP)

PERUMALA SRINU v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

CRLP/6072/2025 · 2025-06-26

K Sreenivasa Reddy

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA FRIDAY ,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JU TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: T HE#o [3327] NOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDB¥.~.J cR[MINAL PETITION NO: 6072 OF 2025 off '`` ¥'i-`l`'< Between : Perumala Srinu, S/o. Mahadav, aged about 40 years, R/o, backside Darliput Railway Station, Darliput Village, Paduwa Post, Koraput District, Odisha State. Petitioner/Accused-4 AND E=_ The State OfAndhra Pradesh, Repby its Public Prosecutor, High Court of grar~~-- Andhra Pradesh. Respondent/Complainant Petition under Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C, (New SectI-OnS 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023) praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.4 on bail pending disposal of Crime No. 32/2O23 of / Ananthagiri P.S., now Alluri Sitharama Raju District gr/ COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER : SRI. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT : PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER APHCO10292932025 BEE IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA- PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6072/2025 Between : Perumala Srinu ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court IV]ade the FoI]owina ORDER:- This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A4, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.32 of 2023 of Anantagiri Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, registered for the offences 'punishable under sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on o2.09.2023, on receipt of credible information, the Sub-Inspector of Police, along with his staff and mediators, rushed to Junior College =iiE_ 2 + Junction, AnanthagirI' and Caught the accused while in possession Of 72 Kgs of Ganja. The contraband, along with other materI-aI, was seized under the cover of mediators report. 3. Heard. Perusedtherecord. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that on 17.04.2025, the petitioner herein was produced I-n execution Of pT Warrant and since then he has been languishing in jaI'I. Basing on the confessional statement of the co-accused, the name of the petitioner is figured I-n the FIR. 5. Heard. Perused the record. 6. The quantI'ty Of Ganja` allegedly seized from the possession Of Al to A3 is 72Kgs. Learned AssI-Slant Public Prosecutor submI'tted that investigation has been completed and the charge sheet could not be filed for want of RFSL report. 7. In view of the aforesaI'd facts and Circumstances Of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/A4 on the following conditions. es ~` erft E= To] i) The petl'tioner/A4 shall be released on bail on his executing personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for trial of Offences under the NDPS Act, VIsakhapatnam. ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, once in a week i.e. on every Saturday, between 10.00 am and 01.00 pm, till filing of the charge sheet. iii) Petitioner herein/A4 shall not go beyond the jurisdiction of Alluri Sitharama Raju distrI-Ct, Andhra Pradesh State, without leave of the trI'al Court and he shall make available his locatI'On through mobile phone by pairing it with the mobile phone of the Investigating Officer round the clock. 8. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. SD/-K. KASIRAO ACHAR! TRUE COP ASsS:ScTT:OIRE:llcsET:AR 1. The I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam 2. The superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam 3. The Station House officer, Ananthagiri P.S., now Allur'I Sitharama Raju District 4. One CC to SRl. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P[OUT] -6.-:-n-:sP:: COPY _ _ SRK,J DATED I-27/06/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.6072 of 2025 ALLOWED