. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR MONDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE .-PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6156 OF 2025 Between : GollavI'lli Kasu, S/O RajI' Naidu, aged about 45 years, R/o 9-33, Bylapudi village, JaI-thaVaram post, CheedI-kada MandaI, Anakapalli Dist. Petitioner/Accused3 AND The State ofAndhra pradesh, Through SHO II Town PolI|Ce Station, visakhapatnam city, Rep, by its public prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh Amaravathi, Guntur district Respondent/complal-nant Petition under sections 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Sections 437 & 439 of cr.p.c), praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support Of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioner/ A3 on bail in connection with crime no 84 of 2025 of " town police station visakhapatnam dI-Strict under section 20(b)( Ii )(B)I/w8 (c) of NDPS Act 1985 dated 17-04-2025. The petitl®on coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petI-lion and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearI-ng the arguments of Sri K PRIDHVI RAJU, Advocate for the petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the followI-ng; HONJBLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.6156 of 2025 ORDER:- This Criminal Petition, under.Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023,.has been filed by the petitioner/A3, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.84 of 2025 of ll Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam Commissionerate. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985_ 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 17.04.2025, at about 21.00 hours, on credible information, the sub-Inspector of Police, along with his staff and mediators, rushed to opp. to LIC building, beside central park, parking area, visakhapatnam ci`ty and caught the accused in possession of 1.615 KGs of Ganja. The contraband, along with other material, was seized under cover of a mediators report. The accused were arrested and got remanded to judicial custody. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. The petitioner has been in judicial custody since o9.06.2025. The quantity of Ganja allegedly seized from the possession of the r-GZgiv^ -.-- t~ accused is 1.615Kgs, which is not a commercial quantity. ln view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/A3 on the following conditions. i) The petitioner/A3 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 NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. 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 am and 01.00 pm, till filing of the charge sheet. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. sD/-K. SFt(NEVASA ,RAJU c=*-.--,..- //TRUE COPY// I A-SSIS Eon §ECTIO`N OFFICr=R To, 1. The I Additional District and sessions Judge-Gum-SpecI'al Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act-1985 Visakhapatnam 2. The Superintendent, Central prison, visakhapatnam ?. The Station House Officer, II Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam city 4. OneCcto sRl. KPRIDHVI RAJUAdvocate[OPUC] 5. \'Two CCs to Public yProsecutor, High Court of AP [OUT] 6. One spare copy grG I ST P`_A_: \ * ® HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED :30/06/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.6156 of 2025 ALLOWED |. \..I.+\.