C E=i.= 'J [3521 I IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JULY lri±Si TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7519 OF 2025 Between : Prashanta Kumar BhoI, S/o. PranbandhuBhol (late), Aged about 47 Years, R/o. HaranathapuramExtention, Nellore City Andhra Pradesh - 524002. N/o. Talasaahi, BalipaI, Kendujhar District, Odisha State - 758025. Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, SHO, Santhapet Police Station Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh, AmaravatI-. Respondent Petition under sectI-OnS 480 & 483 of BNSS (old Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C), praying that in the cI-rCumStanCeS Stated in the affidavit filed in support Of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant Petitioner /A.1 bail on such terms and conditions as deemed fit directing their enlargement in Crime No. 131 of 2025 of Santhapet Police station, SPSR Nellore district. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of srI- BHOOMA MAHARSHI REDDY, Advocate for the petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the following; Dr.Y| Crl.P.No.7519 of20` The Court made the followI-ng.- RDER: The CrI'ml'nal Petition has been fl-led under sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatjya NagarI|k Suraksha sanhjta, 2023 (for brevity tthe BNSS'), seeking to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail jn Cr.No.131 of 2025 of Santhapet police station, spsR NeIIore District, registered against the petitioner/accused No.1 herein for the offence punl-shable under sect]-on 8(c) read with 20(b)(ill)(B) of the NarcotI|C Drugs and psychotropl-c substances Act, 1985 (for brevity {the NDPS Actl). 2. The case of the prosecution Ion nutshell is that on 20.06.2025 at 16.30 hours, on credible informa{jon, the Inspector of police, santhapet police statI'On, NeIIore DjstrI-Ct, along with his staff reached near Radha Krishna Lodge, Railway station Road, NeI[ore city and found accused jn possession of ganJ'a. Then the police caught the accused and found 2 KGs of ganJ|a jn their possession and arrested them on 20.06.2025 under cover of panchanama. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitl-oner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. perused the record. 4. The petitioner/accused No.1 was allegedly found I-n possession Of2 kgs of Ganja and the petjtI-Oner was arrested on 20.06.2025 and he has been in judicial custody for the past 37 days. ` .3 c+.-' 3 Dr.YLR,J ./ Crl.P.No.7519 of2025 5. The learned Assistant public Prosecutor reported that there were no adverse antecedents against the pe{itjoner. Material portion of the investigation I-S completed. 6. All the wj{nesses are offjcja[ respondents. The question of{he petitioner tempering the evI.denCe Or hamper['ng the investigation or threaten the witnesses may not be arise. considerI-ng the nature and gravl-ty of the allegations levelled against the petitioner and hI|S alleged role played I-n thI'S case, the period of detention and the quantI|ty Of the contraband involved in this case, this court deems jt fit to enlarge the petitioner on ba" with the following stringent condl'tions. 7. ln the result, the crim['nal petition js allowed with the following conditions: i. The petitI|Oner/accused No.1 shall be enlarged on ba" subject to his executI'ng a bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only), with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District and sessions Judge, Nellore. Ii. The petitioner/accused No.1 shall appear before 'the station House officer, santhapet police stall-On, NeIIore District, on every Saturday in between 10.-00 am and o5:00 pm, tI-lI cognizance is taken by the learned the TrI'aI Court. ` -_-,I Dr-ylR,I Crl.P.No.7519 of2of iii. The petI'tiOner/accused No.1 shall not leave the lI'mitS Of the DI-Strict WI-thOut Prior PermiSSl-On from the learned I AdditI-Onal District and sessI'OnS Judge, NeIIore. I|V. The petitioner/accused No.1 shall not commit or I-ndulge I'n commission of any offence jn future. v. The petitioner/accused No.1 shall cooperate wI'th the I-nVeStI'gating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make themselves avaI'Iable for interrogation by the investigatI'ng offI'Cer aS and when required. vI-. The petitioner/accused No.1 shall not, dI-reCtly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted wllth the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the court or to any poll-Ce Officer. SD/- lVI.SRINIVAS ASSIS SECTl#cGE[SRTRA R //TRUE COPY// For To, 1. The I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Nellore, SPSR Nellore 2. The Superintendent, Nellore Central Jail, Nellore 3. The SHO, Santhapet Police Station 4. One CC to SRl. BHOOMA MAHARSHI REDDYAdvocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP [OUT] 6. One spare copy KJ HIGH COURT DR.YLRJ DATED.. 28/07/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.7519 of 2025 ALLOWED •Fqu c€g; I B luL\Bt\