Research › Search › Judgment

High Court of Andhra Pradesh · body

2025 DAILYLAW 22950 (AP)

Korra Raju v. The State of Andhra Pradesh

CRLP/6754/2025 · 2025-07-27

Y Lakshmana Rao

body2025

Judgment text

Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.

L=L±liii=±al -.-i--_- lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE ,-i `_I :PRESENT: §i THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO cRIMINALpETITION NO: 6754 OF 2025 - is-'..fyi Between : Korra Raju, S/o. Krishna, aged about 20 years, R/o. Gamparayi Village, Antada Panchayat, Koyyuru Mandal, Alluri Sitharama Raju District,`A.P. .,.Petitioner/Accused No.6 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecut,or, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. I ...Respondent Petition under Section 439(1 ) of Cr.P.C/ Under Section 483(1 ) of BNSS Praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to modify the order passed by the Metropolitan Sessions Judge-Gum-I AddI. District & Sessions Judge - Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam in crI.M.P. No.12,91/2025 in Cr. No.81/2024 dated 08.05.2025` by considering ,the situation of the petitioner/Accused No.6 as {cPetitioner/A6 is ordered to be released on bail on his execution of personal bond foF` Rs.20,000/- with single surety .for a like sum to the satisfaction of the Metropolitan sessions Judge-Gum-I Addl. District & Sessions Judge - Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam'J instead of {lPetitioner/A6 `to be released on bail on his execution of personal bond fof*J Rs.3,00,000/- with two sureties for like sum each to the satisfaction of the I Court of Judicial Magistrate of' First class, ChintapalI]I and permit the Petitioner/Accused No.6 to -clep6si+I the surety bond amount with single surety instead of Rs.3`,loo,000/-with two sureties. I -I.. ii=a C> CJ D= co CN CJ E= O The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the','` memorandum of grounds Jfiled-`+in support thereof and upon hearing theJ arguments of SRI BALABHADRUNI MANOHAR, Advocate for the Petitioner,l- and of PUBLIC PROSECUT.OR, for the Respondent, the Court made the following t: pHCO10323512025 EiI'#i[Ei lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JULY TWO, THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE YI LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6754/2025 [3521] Between: KORRA RAJU, S/O. KRISHNA, AGED ABOUT 20 YEARS, R/O. GAMPARAYI VILLAGE, ANTADA PANCHAYAT, KOYYURU MANDAL, ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU DISTRICT, A.P. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...RESPONDENT/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 petition, the High Court pleased to grant -Interim directions tO the Respondents to consider the reply filed/ Submitted by the Petitioner and Respondent No.4 to not take any coercive action against the Pet-ltioner until final outcome of this writ pet'[tion and pass counsel for the petitioner/accused: BALABHADF`UN] MANOHAR counsel for the Respondent/complainant: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER|. The Crim'lnal Petition has been filed under Section 439(1) of Code of criminal Procedure (for short {the Cr.P.CJ) and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik suraksha sanhita, 2023 (foJ,brevity {the BNSS'), seeking to modify the bail •-.se \| 2 | CRLP.No.675 conditions passed by the learned I Additional District & sessions Judge special Judge for Trial of Offences under Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic substances Act, 1985 (for brev1-ty tthe NDPS Act'), Visakhapatnam. 2. No representation forthe petit,'oner. 3. Heard learnedAssI-Slant Public Prosecutor. 4. The case I-S listed under the captl-on [for c/,-sm,'ssa/J, yet there is no rePreSen{atjon for the petitioner. 5. The crl'minal petition is fI-led seeking to relax the condition of deposI-t Of surety bond of an amount of Rs.3,00,000/-. The petitl'oner was Indulged in commission of offence punI-Shable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 read wI-th 8(C) of lthe ,NDPS ActJ. The alleged contraband is commercial quantity. 6. ConsI-dering the gravI-ty and nature of the aIIega{jons levelled against the petitioner, the amount of Rs.3,00,000/- which the petitioner is bound to execute jn kind of personal bond for like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Chintapalli, is reduced to an amount of Rs.1,00,000/-. The remainl-ng conditions imposed by the learned Trial Court shall hold good. 6. Accordingly, the crI-minal PetI-tjOn Its allowed. .-;t :g_ //TRUE COPY// .\ -\'- `` For I SD/-N.NAGAMMA ASSISTAN SEC ISTRAP\ ION OFFgCER / To, 1. The Metropolitan Sessions Judge-Gum-I AddI. District & Sessions Judge -SpecI'aI Judge for-Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam Distri'6t', - I 2. The Superintendent, 'central Jail, Visakhapatnam, visakhapatnam District 3. The Station House Officer, Chintapalli Police Station, AIluri Sitharama Raju ,District 4. One CC to JSRI. BALABHADRUNI MANOHAR Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two cos t!6 puBLIC'-`PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy .-''-`<~-+:; -~''''-` PSR I--:i i -|_ =t _,` ` , i •S J' -d,`, ,-1._._- `` « -` =\, .' ~ .-i_. Y t/ / \ HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATED:28/07/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLPINo.6754 of 2025 ALLOWED \ \