c\ .--L=-.-= -i IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARA FRIDAY ,THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT.I THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE I MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.I 6846 OF 2025 Between.I vanthala Babji @ Babuji, s/o, Bhaskara Rao, aged about 27 years, R/o, varthanapalli Village, Thammingula Post, ChintapaIII' Mandal, AIIuri Sitharama Raju DistrI-Ct. ...PetitI-Oner/Accused No.7 AND The State of Andhra pradesh,A Rep by its public prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondent petjtI'On under Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C/ Under Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the crllminaI Petl-tI'On, the High Court may be- pleased to enlarge the petitI-Oner/Accused No.7 on bail pending disposal of crime No.81/2024 of Chintapalli P.S., AIIuri Sjtharama Raju DistrI'Ct . The PetjtI'On COmjng on for hearing, upon perus['ng the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearl-ng the arguments of SRI GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate for the Petitioner, and of made the following PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent, the court E= APHCO10330832025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdictl[on) FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SR[ JUSTICE T MALL[KARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6846/2025 [3369] Between : 1.VANTHALA BABJI ALIAS BABUJI, S/O. BHASKARA RAO, AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, R/O. 'VARTHANAPALLI VILLAGE, THAMMINGULA POST, CHINTAPALLI MANDAL, ALLURI SITHARAMA RAJU DISTRICT. UIPETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. H.RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT peti'tion under section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated 'ln the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Courtmay be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.7 on bail pending disposal of Crime No.81/2024 of Chin{apalli P.S., Alluri Sitharama Raju District and to pass such Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the fol]owjng: ORDER: This Crim`inaI Petition, u/See.480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nag.arik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A7, seeking bail, in Crime No.81/2024 of Chinthapalli Police Station, A.S.R. District. Q ttso E= TSfSZSff-_n € _i,_ -- 2 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offences punishable u/Secs.20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w 8(c) of the NDPS Act. 3, Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/state. 4. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on o1.9.2024 at 6.30am, on receipt of credible information, regarding illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the S.I of Police, along with staff and mediators rushed to the outskirts of teak plantation, chowdupalli village and conducted vehicle checking. They noticed one motorcycle and one car coming towards them and on seeing police, the motorcyclist and the inmates in the car stopped at some distance and the inmates tried to escape. Then police apprehended two of them while others escaped. on enquiry, they disclosed their identity particulars as that of Al and A2 and police found 415.328 kgs of ganja in their possession. police seized the contraband and other material and arrested the accused. They confessed the involvement of the petitioner/A7 in the commission of the offence. During the course of investigation, police arrested the petitioner/A7 on 16.5.2025- 5. Perused the record| 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that a crime came to be registered on 01.9.2024 and basing on the confession statement of co- accused, who were found to be in possession of 415.328 Kgs of Galnja, this J# _.. 3 petitioner was arrested on 16.5.2025 and since then he has been in judicial custody, as such, prayed to allow the Criminal Petition. 7. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor has not disputed the above fact and opposed to grant bail to the petitioner and submitted that the Petitioner has no antecedents. 8. After careful observation of the material On record and SubmiSSiOnS made on behalf of both sides, it shows that the petitioner was arrested and remanded {o judic'Ial Custody On 16,5.2025 basing on 'the confession statement of co^laccused. Ev'ldently no contraband has been seized from the possession of the petitioner. Since the pet'ltioner has been in remand from 16.5.2025, this Court found that most of the investigation Pertaining tO the role played by the petitioner in the commission of the offence would be completed. lt is subm-ltted that the petitioner is a permanent resident of chintapalli Mandal, as such there is no possibility Of his fleeing away from justice and most of the witnesses are official witnesses and the release of the petitioner would not cause tampering of evidence and hampering of investigation. considering the entire material on record, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner With some conditions. 9. ln the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the follow|lng conditions: (i) The petitioner/A7 herein shall be released on his executing a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five only) with two sureties for a like sum to the satisfaction of the learned I Addit'lonaI D'lstrict & Sessions Judge-Gum-Special Judge for trial of offences under NDPS Ac-I, Visakhapatnam; =--- 4 (ii) on release, the pet['{I'Oner sha" appear before the s{a{ion House officer concerned on every sunday between 10.OOam and o1.00pm, for a period of three (o3) months. (il'I') the petitioner sha" not tamper with the evl'dence and hamper the investigation and she" cooperate for investigation. r- //TRUE COPY// Fort SD/-U. SRIDEVI ASSISTANT FL STRAR To, SECTION OFFICER 1. The I Additional Djstrjct & sessions Judge-Gum-special Judge for TrI-ai of offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. 2. The Superintendent, central Jail, VIsakhapatnam 3. The station House officer, chintapa"i police station, AIIuri Sitharama Raju District fl¢I 54 TO;o: cccc:otospplBGL:CLLp?RPoA:LEIcMuATHoER:WH?gRhAcRoAu: :fdvAOnCda::atop:aUdCe]sh [OUT] 6. One spare copy PSR HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED:ll/07/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLPINo.6846 of 2025 ALLOWED