\~ lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVAT FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE .`. .` :PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 105 OF 2025 Between : .` 1. Gammeli Thirupathl-, S/o.Subhash, age abt 22 years, R/o. Thota Veedhi, Kancherapalem, visakapatnam. 2. Raghu Bajinga, S/o. Padhu BajI'nga, aged about 30 years, R/o.SaI'Pada Village, Guneipada, Lamataput Block, Machkund, Koraput District, Odissa State. 3. Patl' Khara, S/o. Ramakrl'shna, aged about 32 years, R/o.House No.31, BmI'diPet, Lamataput Manda1, Jalahanjar Koraput Dl-strict, Odissa State, 4. Shashidhara Dhangadamajhi, S/o. Majhi, aged abt 31 years, R/o.House No.31, Guneipada, Sai'apada, Machkund, Koraput Djstrl'ct, Odissa State. ...Petitioner/ A2, A4, A5& A7 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, SHO, Pendurthi PS, Visakhapatanam Represented by its public 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 Petitioners on Regular Bail in respect to the Crime No.341/2024 on the file of Pendurthi P.S,Viskhapatanam. Counsel forthe Petitioners : Sri Anand Kumar Kochiri Counsel for the Respondent : Assistant Public Prosecutor. The Court made the following ORDER: #zzz--- ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), is filed seeking tO enlarge the petitioners herein on bail in Crime No.341 of 2024 of Pendurthy Police Station, Visakhapatnam District registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) and 25 of NDPS Act,1985. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the Respondent-State. 3. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submitted that there are no previous antecedents against the petitioners. 4. Perused the record. 5. On hearing learned counsel for both sides and On Perusal Of the record, it is seen that the present Crime was registered on 15.07.2024 and 284.78 Kgs of Ganja was recovered from the possession of the petitioners herein. The petitioners have been in judicial custody since 15.07.2024 and major part of the investigation was completed. =) I £ - 6. A perusal of the material on record shows that the petI'tI®OnerS were arrested on 15.07,2024 and sl'nce then they have been languI'ShI'ng in jail. The statutory period of 180 days js completed. But, the poll'ce neither filed any charge sheet within the stipulated tI'me nor any appII'CatI'On for extension of time for investjgatjon. since the petI'tjOnerS herel®n are [angujshjng in jail for the past more than 180 days and so far no charge sheet has been filed by the poII'Ce, in such cI-rCumStanCeS, I-rreSPeCtiVe Of merits of the matter by default petitl'oners are entitled for bail. 7. In the result, the crjmI-hal Petition Its a"owed, on the fo"owing condjtjons. (i) The petitI'OnerS hereI-n Shall be released on bail on their executI'ng a personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) each wI-th two Sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned v" Additional Metropolitan Magistrate court, Visakhapatnam. (ill) On such release, the petI-tiOnerS Shall appear before the station House offl'cer concerned once in a week i.e., on every sunday between 10.00 a.m. and o5.00 p.m., for a pert-Od Of three months or till filing of the charge sheet, whI'CheVer iS earlier. (iii) lt is made clear that the petitioners sha" scrupulously comply with the above condl-lions and breach of any of the above . J E= condl'tions will be viewed seriously and in such an event, the prosecution is at liberty to move an application for cancellation of the bal.I. /ITRUE COPY// For I sD/- B.PRAsAD RAG ASSISTANT REGISTRAR EE SECTI O#asgF-Fgri C E R _ -\-|\ To] 1. The VII Additional MetropolI-tan Magistrate Court, Visakhapatnam. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 3. The SHO, Pendurthi Police Station, Visakhapatanam. 4. One CC to SRI. ANAND KUMAR KOCHIRI Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two cos to Public Prosecutor (AP) High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy CVSS I/ HIGH COURT MRK,J DATED:17/01/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.105 of 2025 ALLOWED