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2025 DAILYLAW 35962 (AP)

ASHIK ALI AHMED v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

CRLP/9374/2024 · 2025-01-20

K Sreenivasa Reddy

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IN THE HIGH COURT QF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT.I THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9374 OF 2024 Betwee n : Ashiq All Ahmed @ Ashik All Ahmed, S/o. Fakrudeen All Ahamed, aged about 22 years, R/o. Chennal' Cl'ty, Tamil Nadu State, Presently residing at Kumaran Colony, Seettipalem, Anniyampalam, ThI-rumuruganpoodi, Tamil Nadu State. u.Petitioner/Accused No.1 , AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, Rep by its PublI'C Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra pradesh. ...Respondent ,- petition under Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C and Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criml-nal petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No.1 on ba" pending disposal of crl'me No. 87/2024 dated o3.09.2024 of Hukumpeta p.s., now AIluri Sitharama Raju District The Petition coming on for hearl-ng, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds fI-led in support thereof and upon hearing thei arguments of SRI GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO, Advocate for the petitioner, and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, for the Respondent; --- ______JT _ Lrf APHCO10581692024 IN THE HIGH COURTOF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (special original Jurisdict-Ion) [33 27] MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY quMINAL PETITION NO.9374 OF 2Q24 Betwee n : Ash'Iq All Ahmed @ Ashik All Ahmed ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State of AP Rep. by its PP ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1.GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO counsel for the Respondent/COmPIainant 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sect'lons 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petit-IOner/A1, seeking regular bail, in Cr'lme No.87 of 2024 of Hukumpeta Police Station, AIluri Sitharama Raju district. 2. A case has been registered against the Petitioner herein and others for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) +_ife--i-Z=. 2 r/ read with 8(c), 25 of the Narcotl-c Drugs and psychotropI-C substances Act, 1985 (for short fthe NDPS Act'). 3 case of the prosecution, ,-n brl'ef, l's that, on o3.09.2024, at about o8.30 hours, on receipt of credl-ble I'nformat,Ion, the sub- Inspector of police, Hukumpeta poll'ce statl'on, along wI-th hl's staff and medI'atOrS, rushed to pamuraj junctl-on, Teegalavalasa panchayat, Hukumpeta Mandal, ASR djstrI-Ct and found Al to A5 Ion possessl'on and illegal transportatI'On of 24 Kgs of GanJa l'n an auto bearl'ng regI'Stratl'on No.AP 31 TG 0854. The contraband along wI'th vehl'cle and other materlal was sel'zed under cover of a medI'atOrS report and a case has been regl'stered agal'nst the accused. 4. Heard. perusedtherecord. 5. The petI'tl'Oner/Al was arrested on o3.09.2024 and since then he l's l'n Judjcl'al custody. The quantI|ty of Ganja allegedly se,'zed from the possession of accused I|S 24 Kgs. Learned Asslstant publI'C Prosecutor submltted that maJ-Or portl|on of l'nvestjgatl'on is completed. 6. ln view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this court I-S l'ncljned to grant ba" to the petl|tioner/Al on the following condI'tjOnS. . ,- _ ,,i_*__i1_,,_-_-_--> I 3 I| i) The petitioner/Al shall be released on bail on his executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) wit.h two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the, learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge-Gum-Special Judge for trial of offences under the NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, once in a week i.e., on every Saturday between 10.00 am and 01.00 pm, till filing of the charge sheet. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. //TRUE COPY// Sd/-V.SAVITRI GOWRl ASSISTANT |.E lSTRAR SECTION OFFICER To] 1. The I Additional Dl'strict & Sessions Judge-Gum-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District 2. The Judicial First Class Magistrate, Paderu, Visakhapatnam District 3. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District 4. The Station House OffI-Cer, Hukumpeta Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District 5. One CC to SRI. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 7. One spare copy PSR r, \ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED :20/01 /2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.9374 of 2024 ALLOWED -.+c| -_--<|-,~- H zgi: •!--3.#--=r3q Ji ,I J^N 1\15) `. ```'..-`--:..-: i.-:-`=`.`:.--`!:-,3:_:i. t