APHC010017392025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO Between: Vantala Chanti and Others The Senior Intelligence Officer Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1. KOTHA VEERA NAGA PALLAVI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. G GOPALAKRISHNA MURTHY The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner seeking regular bail, in F.No.DRI file of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Visakhapatnam. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 311/2025 ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The Senior Intelligence Officer ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): KOTHA VEERA NAGA PALLAVI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: GOPALAKRISHNA MURTHY The Court made the following This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioners/ F.No.DRI/HZU/VRU/48/ENQ-04(INT-04)/2024 on the file of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Visakhapatnam. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya /A2 and A3, 04)/2024 on the file of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Visakhapatnam. 2 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) r/w 20, 28 & 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’). 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on specific intelligence about illegal transportation of ganja, the Officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Visakhapatnam Regional Unit in the presence of two panch witnesses at about 8.00 a.m., spotted the Tata Goods Carrier and the pilot vehicle i.e., Swift Dzire VDI at Krishnavaram Toll Plaza, Jaggampeta, NH16 roads towards Visakhapatnam on Chennai-Kolkata Highway and arrested the petitioners herein/A.2 & A.3 along with A.1 and also seized 808.18 Kgs. of Ganja from their possession. The contraband along with vehicles and other material was seized under the cover of Mediators’ report and a case has been registered against the accused. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. A perusal of the material on record goes to show that 808.18 Kgs. of ganja was seized from the possession of the accused, which is a commercial quantity. It is submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the investigation is at nascent stage. Further, the argument put forth by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the DRI Officers have not followed the procedure as contemplated under NDPS Act, cannot be taken into consideration at this stage as the truth or otherwise of the same will be considered by the trial Court during the course of trial. In view of the aforesaid 3 facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners/A.2 & A.3. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _______________________ K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J. Date: 06.02.2025 Tjn/anr 4 405 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 311 OF 2025 Date: 06.02.2025 Tjn/anr