IN THE HIGH` COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR MONDAY ,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY.OF AUGUS,Th-¥¢ ''¥' I. . TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTYTIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA R CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8076 OF 2025 [3521 I {',I ,..-!.:€`. Betwee.n : I Kuraku Reddy Suresh, SuJ3barayudu, Aged about 25 years, Occ:; Delivery boy, R/o. Door N9.20/851, BalaJ-iPeta, Sankarapuram Kadapa, YSR Kadapa District. Ill. Petitioners/Accused No.1 AND +\ ` I).`_ The State ofAndhra-Pradesh, rep., by its public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature at Amaravathi.I y¢ ` I, i Respondent Petition under section 480 & 483 of BNSS is filed praying that in the I cl'rcumstances stated in the affidavit tiled in support of the criminal Petition,J . |' : the High Court may be pleased -I; 'e`nlarge the petitioner on bail in crime No. 130 of 2025 on the file of the Sidhout Police Station, Sidhou{, YSR Kadapa District, in the l|nterest of justice. . The petl'tion/Appeal coml'ng on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds fI'Ied in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri P V N KIRAN KUMAR Aclvocate for the petitioner, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) for the Respondent and the court made the following. _ __ rifE=EfrLi= The Court made the following ORDER: The Cr-lminaI Petition has been filed under Sections 437 and 439 of the code of criminal procedure, 1973 (for brevity 'the Cr.P.C.I)/ Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharat'Iya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity {the BNSS'), seeking to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail in crime No.130 of 2025 of Sidhout Police Station, YSR Kadapa District, registered against the petitioner/Accused No.1 herein for the offenceS punishable under section 8(c) read^with 20 (b) (ii) (B) of the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic substances Act, 1985 (for brevity tthe NDPS Ac't'). 2. The case of the prosecution is that On 05.07,2025 at 10.30 A|M., on receipt of information about illegal transportation and possession of ganja, the Inspector of police, vontimi{ta Police Station, reached the scene of offence i.e. near National Highway, Bhakarapeta Village and apprehended the petitioner herein while he was in possession of 1200 grams of ganja. The police seized the ganja under the cover Of a media{Ornama and registered an FIR. During the investigation, the accused Was apprehended and remanded to judicial custody on 05.07.2025. 3. Mr.P.Nagendra Reddy, the learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner 'ls innocent of the alleged offence and has bee_n falsely implicated by the police. lt is further Submitted that the Petit|lOner iS Permanent resident of ysR Kadapa Distr'lct of Andhra Pradesh and undertakes to strictly edFTZGfZZfS •4 adhere to any conditions that may be I-mposed by this court. Learned counsel further submI'tS that the petitioner was arrested on 05.07.2025 for allegedly indulged in 1.2 Kgs of ganja transportation and possession and it is urged to en.large the petitioner/Accused on bail. 4. Perconfra, Ms.P.Akhila Naidu, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that some more material witnesses have to be examined. she further submI'tS that the PetI'tiOner herein is also inv'olved in similar nature of offence, and it is urged to dismiss the bail application. 5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 6. As seen from the record, the petitioner was allegedly indulged in possession and transportation Of 1.2 Kgs of ganja which is below commercial quantity. The petitioner was arrested on o5.07.2025 and he has been in judicial custody for the past 43 days. Although the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that there is an adverse antecedent against the petitioner vide a case in Crime no.130 of 2025 of Sidhout Police Station, that itself is not a ground to deny the request of the petitioner for enlargement of bail. The Petitioner iS Permanent resident of Sankarapuram of YSR Kadapa District. Material portion of the investigatI'On iS completed. Hence, the petl'tioner may not have any chance to hamper the investigation aTld tO threaten the witnesses as all they are official witnesses. +\`+ ,` -.`., I \___ 4 7. Cons'ldering the nature and gravity Of the Offence and the allegation levelled against the petitioner and progress of the investigation, th'IS Court is I inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail with the following stringent conditions: i. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be enlarged On bail Subject to he executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten thousand only), W-lth two Sureties for the like Sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Sidhout. ii. ii. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall appear before the sidhout police station, ysR Kadapa District on every Saturday in between 10'.OO am and 05:00 pm, till cognizanCe iS taken by the learned the Trial Court. iii. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not leave the limits Of the District without pr'ldr Permission from the Stat'lon House Officer concerned. iv. The petit'loner/Accused No.1 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. v. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall cooperate with the invest'lga{ing officer in further invest-lgation of the case and shall make himself ava'llable for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. vi. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise,to any Person .a \ ® \` acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosI-ng Such facts tO the COurf Or tO any police officer. b vii. The petitioner/Accused No.1 shall surrender his passport, if any, to the investigating offI'Cer. If he claims that he does not have a passport, he shall submit an affidavit to that effect to the [nves{jgating OffI'Cer. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. \E-- Tol \ I(``. q`'\ '-'^ //TRUE COPY// SD/-M.SRINIVAS -iiiiEi= ASSISTANT lSTRAR SEC'TION OFFICER 1. The Judicial Magistrate of Firs,i.Class, Sidhout, YSR Kadapa District. 2. The Superintendent, Centr|acI-'F)``rison, Kadapa, YSR Kadapa District. 3. The Station House Officer, .Sidhout Police Station, Sidhout, YSR Kadapa District. 4. One CC to SRl. P V N KIRAN KUMAR Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public ProsecJ{or (AP) High Court ofA.P., Amaravati [OUT]. 6. One spare copy HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J I DATED: 18/08/2025 BAIL ORDER r CRLP,No.8076 of 2025 ALLOWED i.-`.aprD