IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl + THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 8517 OF 2024 I i_. .,.-'`;il}i..i.+ .. Betwee n : 1. Jaggamdora Gopal Swamy, S/o.Sukdas Late, aged abt 23 years, R/o.Gedderai Village, Kumbidising Panchayat, G.Madugula Mandal, ASR Distiict. 2. Jaggamdora Venkataramana, S/o.Dasaradh Late, aged abt 25 years, R/o.Gedderai Village, Kumbidising Panchayat, G.Madugula Mandal, ASR District. 3. GoIIari Hari Prasad, S/o.Pratap, aged abt 21 years, R/o.Gedderai Village, Kumbidising Panchayat, G.Madugula MandaI, ASR District . . .Petitioner/A3, A4 & A5 AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, SHO, Pedabayalu PS, Visakhapatanam Represented by its pubII'C Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh at Amaravati, Guntur District. ...Respondent Petition under section 480 & 483 of BNSS (old Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C), 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 enlarge the Petitioner on Regular Bail in respect to the Crime No.33/2024 on the file of Pedabayalu P.S,Viskhapatanam. Counsel forthe Petitioner : Sri Anand Kumar Kochiri Counsel for the Respondent : Assistant Public Prosecutor. The Court made the following ORDER: J~ HONIBLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURESH REDDY CRIMlNAL P QBEEBi This criminal petition, under Sections 437 and 439 Cr.P.C., is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos. 3 to 5 seeking tO release them On ba" in crime No. 33 of 2024 of Pedabayalu Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, registered for the Offence Punishable under Section 8 (c) read with section 20 (b) (ii) (C) of the Narcotic Drugs and PsychotrOPiC substances Act,1985. 2. Heard Sri Anand Kumar Kochiri, learned COunSel appearing for the petitioners-accused Nos. 3 to 5, and learned Assistant Public prosecutor appearing for the respondent-State. 3. Case of the Prosecution in brief 'lS that On 12-07-2024 at about 8 a.m., the sub Inspector of police] on credible information, along with his staff and mediators apprehended the petitioners at Kothaputtu Junction while they were transport-lng 350 K.Gs. of Ganja in a Vehicle bearing registrat'IOn No. AP 05 BS 2322. After conducting PanChanama and after seizing the contraband, the sub Inspector of police arrested the petitioners-accused Nos. 3 to 5 and remanded them tO judicial Custody. 4. Learned COunSel for the Petitioners-accused Nos. 3 to 5 submits that the petit'loners were arrested on 12-07-2024 and ever Since, they have been in judicial custody and that though statutory period of 180 2 days is over, the police have not filed charge sheet and as such, the r/ petI'tiOnerS-accused Nos. 3 to 5 are entI'tled to be released on bail. 5. on the other hand, learned Assistant publI-C Prosecutor, on instructI'OnS, confirms the factum of non-fill-ng Of Charge sheet even after expI'ry Of Statutory perI'Od. 6. In vl-ew of the above facts and circumstances of the case, this court js incII'ned to enlarge the petitI-OnerS-accused Nos. 3 to 5 on ba" with certain condl'tjons. 7. The petjtl®oners-accused Nos. 3 to 5 are, therefore, ordered to be released on bail on their executing each a personal bond for Rs.50,000/- with two suretI'eS for the like sum each to the satl'sfaction of learned Judicial I class Magistrate, paderu. After release, the petitioners- accused Nos. 3 to 5 are dl-rected to appear before the station House officer, pedabayalu police StatI'On, twice in a week ,-.e. on every Monday and Thursday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. unt" further orders. 8. The criminal petitl'on is accordingly allowed. //TRUE COPY// To, ` FoI SD/-U.SRI DEVI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR HREBHE=- SECTION OFFICER 1. The Judicial I class Magistrate, paderu. 2. The Superintendent, central prl'son, visakhapatnam, visakhapatnam District. 3. The Station House Officer, Pedabayalu police station, AIIuri Sl'tharama Raju DistrI'Ct. tLO® >t^ u) u one cC to Sri Anand Kumar Kochiri, Advocate [OPUC] Two CCs to Public Prosecutor (AP) High Court of Andhra pradesh [ouT] One spare copy B- HIGH COURT KSR,J DATED..09/01 /2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.8517 of 2024 ALLOWED