+ lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT A FRIDAY ,THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE .-PRESENT: HONOURABLE JUSTICE DR V R K KRUPA SAGAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9677 OF 2024 Between: Damburu Pangj, S/o. Raghu Pangi, aged about 19 years, R/o. Gunneipada Village, Salipada, Machkund, Koraput Distrl-ct, odisha state. Petitioner/Accused No.6 -`AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, Rep by its public Prosecutor, High (Dourf of Andhra Pradesh. Respondent petition under sectl-ons 437 and 439 of Cr.P.C(New Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha sanhita,2023), is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed I-n Support Of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the y-i, petitioner/Accused No.6 on bail, pending disposal of crime No.341/2024 of Pendurthl' P.S., Visakhapatnam DistrI-Ct and to pass The petition coming on for hearing, upon perus,-ng the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearl-ng the arguments of srI' GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO, Advocate for the petitl'oner- and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent, the court made the following ORDER ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS is filed by the petitioner/A6 seeking regular bail in Crime No.341 of 2024 of Pendurthy Police Station, Visakhapatnam District registered for the offences punishable under sections 20(b)(ii)(C) read w-lth 8(c) and 25 of the Narcotic Drugs and PsychotrOPiC Substances Act, 1985 (for short tthe NDPS Act'). 2. Heard arguments of Sri G.Maheswara Rao, the learned counsel for petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent-State. 3. Perused the record. 4. Prosecution case is that on 15.07.2024 this petitioner and other accused were arrested and 284 kgs. of Ganja Was recovered, The present petitioner is arraigned as A.6. His prayer for regular bail in criminal Petition No.6908 of 2024 was declined by this Court by an order dated 22.10.2024. After a lapse of more =q7 / ;.,#p^~,.- 'rv, I Jr, than two months hIS renewal ba" appll®catlon has come up for COnSI-deration. 5. According to the learned counsel for the petjtjoner, the entl're Investigation is over. The petl'tl'oner has been in judI'CiaI custody since 15.07.2024. The statutory perI'Od of 180 days js nearing its completion. 6 consI-derl'ng the near completion ofjnvestI'gatjon and length of de{entIOn, any contlnued detentl'on does not seem necessary, Hence, prayer I'S granted. 7. ln the result, this crjmjnal petjtjon js allowed ,-n the following terms.I 1. The petltIOner/A6 sha" be enlarged on ba" on executlng a personal bond for a sum of Rs,30,000/- (Rupees Thjrfy Thousand only) wI'th two sureties for a II'ke sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Addl'tjonaI Dl'strl'ct and sessions Judge - Gum - specf'al Judge For Trl'al of offences under NDPS Act, vjsakhapatnam. The petjtl-oner js dl'rected to furnISh the suretl'es from the state ofAndhra pradesh #, i.+ To, PSk 2. The petitioner shall mark his attendance before the investigating officer on lSt and 15th of every month between 10.00 AM and 1.00 PM for a period of three months or till filing of the charge sheet whichever I-s earlier. 3. The petitioner shall make himself available for investigation as and when required and he shall not, directly or I-ndirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any persons acquainted with the facts of the case to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer. 4. The petitioner shall not indulge in similar acts of crime. 5. The petitioner must regularly participate in the pre-trial and trial process without fal-I before the competent court. //TRUE COPY// sD/-K. KASIRAO ACHARI FI ASsS:ScTT:O%i::IIcSETR:AR 1. The I Addl. D,'strict & sessl'ons Judge- special Judge for trial of offences under Nb-i-s Ectr-vi=gikf€a#nuag=, 2. The Superintendent, central Jail, Visakhapatnam. 3. The SHO., Pendurthy p.s., visakhapatnam commissionerate. 4. OneCCto SRl. 5. Twoccstothe 6. One spare copy GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC] PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P [OPUC] - E /)a, HIGH COURT DR .VRKS,J DATED..10/01/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.9677 of 2024 ALLOWED 1 n `lAN 7fl7i -' -__.f! b-.I,...i