IN THE HIGH COURT_OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR TUESDAY, THE livENTY FIRST DAY OF JANUAR TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE I HEfo :PRESENT: NOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9428 OF 2024 / Betwee n : Killo Chittibabu, S/o Barsu, Aged 37 years, Puligondl' Village, Kimudupalli Panchayath, Pedabayalu MandaI, AIluri Sita Rama Raju District. Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, Through the o:fHAOn'd::adap:a:d}::uh pa:I;c: rsatvaat::n I?!!!±!:LSita Rama Raju DistrI'Ct, Hlg h Court Respondent/Comp[ainant Petl'tion under sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C, [New Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS, 2023] is filed praying that l'n the circumstances stated I-n the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal petitI'On, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioner/Accused No.I on bail in FIR }5O_.o37:2Oof224024 of Pedabayalu Police ;j9}iOn, Alluri Sita Rama Raju District on The petition coming on for hearI-ng, upon Perusing the Petl'tion and the memorandum of grounds filed Ion Support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri PANGI RAJU BABU Advocate for the petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, the court made the following - _ _- (--- ''_ _,,i,;-I--`d ,_.ry I APHCOI O584612O24 ERE lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY ,THE ll^/ENTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIIVIINAL PETITION NO: 9428/2024 AND Between : KiIIo Chittibabu The State Of Andhra Pradesh [345 7] ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. PANGI RAJU BABU Counsel for the Respondent/comp[ainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: The petitioner is arraigned as Accused No.1 in Crime No. 34 of 2024 at Pedabayulu Police Station, Visakhapatnam District, registered under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) read with 8(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,1985 (NDPS Act). 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was apprehended on 15.07.2024 when the police found the I\ A ` i-;-, .i= €?I I. Petitioner attempting to repack 150 kilograms of ganja in three white plastic ganJ-a bags and the Petitioner Was remanded to judicial custody on the same day. 3. lt is submitted that, as of today, 191 days of judicial custody have Passed and that the police have not yet filed the charge sheet. lt is further submitted that the petitioner is entitled for statutory bail, as police have not filed the charge sheet within the prescribed period. 4. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that the investigation is complete and the charge sheet will be filed shortly. 5. Considering the same, this court is inclined to grant bail tothe petitioner jn the event of his arrest, subject to the following condition:- i) The petitionershall enlarge on bail in the eventofhis arrest upon furnishing a personal bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only), along with two sureties for a like sum, to the satisfaction of the I Additional District and Sessions Judge-Gum- Special Judge for the trial of offences under the Narcotic Drugs \`~-_3 _\ I/ and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), Visakhapatnam. 6. With the above condition, the criminal petition is allowed. Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, in the criminal petition, shall stand closed. I- sD/-K. KASIRAO ACHARl ASSISTANT For //TRUE COPY// lsTRAR SECTION OFFICEP` To'1. The I Additlonal District & Sesslons Judge-Gum-Special Judge for Trial of offences and NDPS Act, Court at Visakhapatnam. 2. The Station House Officer, Pedabayalu Police Station, Alluri Sita Rama Raju District. 3. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Visakhapatnam. 4. One CC to SRl. PANGI RAJU BABU Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. [OUT] 6l One spare COPY ER J/ f| /I Hieri COURT I I HN,J DATED..21/01/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.9428 of 2024 ALLOWED 2 2,3ELN lm8