ooEl®.-\ ii= ffl EiI lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVAT I/ FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: -!`- THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE DR V R K KRUPA SAGAR +:-'` CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 237 OF 2025 Between : 1. lndrajeet singh, s/o yaswanth singh, Aged about 27 years, R/o Plot No. 302, Sai Brundavan Apartment, sadhumatam, pendurthy, N/o Chachalya baiiya uttar pradesh state. 2. Rajesh patnaik, s/o Rama Rao PatnaI'k, Aged about 34 years, R/o Thota veedh,I, Kancharapalem city, N/o D.No.14-43, Kaduthula.Pansaput, Munchingput,ASR DI-Strict. 3. Damburu pangi, s/o Raghu pangI', Aged 19 years, R/o Gunneipada vI'IIage, Salipada, Machkund, Koraput District, odisha state I.|Petitioners/A-1, A-3 & A-6 AND The State of AP, Rep. By its public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P,, Amaravati, Through station House officer pendurthy police station, Visakhapatnam District. ...Respondent petition under sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C (Under SectI'OnS 480 & 483 of BNSS) praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed I'n Support Of the Criminal petition, the High Court may bet+ pleased to enlarge the petitl-oners on Regular Bail in connection with crime No. 341/2024 on the file Pendurthy police Statl'on, vjsakhapatnam Dl|strjct, The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed l'n support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI MAHESH ADAVIVARAPU, Advocate for the petitioners, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent,- ( IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY ,THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE DR V R K KRUPA SAGAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 237 OF 2025 Betwee n : lndrajeet Singh and Others AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. MAHESH ADAVIVARAPU [3365] ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: 1. This Criminal Petit'IOn under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS is filed by the petitioners/A1, A3 and A6 to grant regular bail in connection With Crime No.341 of 2024 of Pendurthy Police Station, Visakhapatnam District for the offences punishable under sections 20(b)('li)(C), read with 8(c) and 25 of the NDPS Act. A -*Iy7 I I/:/ 2. Heard arguments of Sri Mahesh Adivarapu, the learned counsel for I/ petitioners and Sri K. Sandeep, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent/State. 3. Perused the record. 4. Having heard the learned counsel on both sides and perused the record, it is seen that on 15.07.2024, the petitioners/A1, 2 and 6 along with other accused were arrested, and from their possession 284.78 Kgs of ganja were recovered. They were subsequently remanded to judicial custody. The petitioners' earlier bail petition filed by A-6 in Crl.P.No.6908 of 2024, was dismissed on merits by an Order dated 22.10.2024. This is a renewal bail petition, [t is undisputed on both sides that the petitioners have been in judicial custody for more than 180 days, which -ls beyond the statutory period, and investigation is not yet complete. ln such circumstances, without going into the merits of the case, the petitioners/A1, A3 and A6 are entitled to statutory bail. 5. In view of the said circumstances, the criminal petition is allowed. Petitioners herein/ A1, A3 and A6 shall be enlarged on bail on executing a personal bonds for a sum of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand only) each with two suret'les of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Metropolitan Sessions Judge-Gum- I Additional District and Sessions Judge- Special Judge for Trial of offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam District. The petitioners are permitted to furnish the sureties from the State of Andhra pradesh. petitioners/ A1, A3 and A6 shall mark their attendance before the Investigating officer on lst and 15th of every month between 10.00 A.M. and ie/ 1.00 P.M. till filing of the charge sheet. Petitioners/ AI A3 and A6 shall make themselves available for investigation by a police officer as and when required, and they shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat Or Promise tO any Persons acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer. They shall not indulge in sI'milar acts of crime and shall duly attend the trial of the case. The petitioners shall regularly appear before the competent court and participate in pre-trial and trial process without fail. Pending miscellaneous applications, l'f any, shall stand closed. SD/-U.SRI DEVI` ASSISTANT GISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTI N OFFICER To, \--_I------i For 1. The Metropolitan sessions Judge-Gum-I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trl'al of offences under NDPS Act, VI'Sakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam Dl'strl'ct 2. The Superintendent, central Prison, visakhapatnam, visakhapatnam District 3. The Station House Offl-cer, Pendurthy police Station, Visakhapatnam District 4. One CC to SRI. MAHESH ADAVIVARAPU Advocate [OPUC] i 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy PSR ~/ •/..,\ HIGH COURT Dr.VRKS,J DATED: 10/01/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.237 of 2025 ALLOWED a S ,,1AN 2025 iPLl rn *#¥ / a St%gr