lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR/ rr MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH .TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO `I+'r:::`l;;; / CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 394 OF 2025 € Between : Shaik Mohammed Sonu Ahammed, S/o. Shaik Vahid, aged about 27 years, Door No. 15-6-7, Near LIC Office Bapatla Village, Bapatla Mandalam, Guntur District, Aadhar No. 754403682465 . . . Petiti one r/Ace us-ed -3 AND The State OfAndhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh At Amaravati. / ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS/ 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C., is filed Praying that in the Circumstances Stated in the memorandum Of grounds filed in support of the CriminalPetition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioner/Accused -3 on bail in Cr. No.137 of 2024 on the file Yetapaka Police Station, AIluri Seetha Rama Raju District (formally known as East Godavari District) under section 111 (2)(b),111(4) of BNS, 2023 and section 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(c) of NDPS Act,1985 dated On 12-ll-2024. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA RAJU Advocate for the Petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent; The Court made the following : [3369] MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 394/2025 Betwee n : Shaik Mohammed Sonu Ahammed ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State OfAndhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA RAJU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court Made the followinc] Order: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS, has been filed by the petitioner herein/A3, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.137 of 2024 of Yetapaka Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 111(2)(b) and 111(4) of the BNS and Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 12.ll.2O24, the Sub-Inspector of Police along with his staff and mediators while conducting raid at Bojjaguppa Centre, Yetapaka, they caught hold of A1, A3 to A6 while they were in possession and transportation of Ganja of 100Kgs, which was supplied by Al and A2 packed in 5 white color plastic bags by two cars. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of mediators report. czz5ZZz53ZZ, r7r| 3. Heard, perusedtherecord. 4. A perusal of the material on record goes to show that the contraband allegedly I-nVOIved in the present crime is 100Kgs of Ganja and the same was seized from the possession of petitioner herein and others. It I'S Submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petI'tiOner has been suffering from ill-health. In support of his contention, the learned counsel for the petl'tioner placed a copy of the medical report. Learned Assistant publI'C Prosecutor placed the medical report of the petitioner issued by the Deputy civil surgeon, central prison Hospital, Rajamahendravaram, wherein, jt shows that on ll.02.2025 the prisoner/petitI'Oner herein came with a complaint of pain scrotal region and he was admitted jn central prison Hospital for three days and IV antibiotics given and discharged after pain decreased. The medical report suggests that at present the health conditI-On Of the petitioner js stable. symptomatic treatment is provided when required. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the family members of the petitioner want to provI-de better medical treatment to the petitioner in Apollo Hospital, vjJ-ayaWada. 5. Considering the health conditI'On Of the petitioner and the family members of the petitioner want to gl've better medical treatment, this court is incll-ned to grant bail to the petitioner herein/A3. 6. Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed. The petitioner herein/A3 sha" be released on bail on his executing a personal bond `~-==a '`_i .-s==----- I--_--. lsTRAR ./ for a sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand Only) With two suret'les of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned special Judge for Trial Of Cases under the NDPS Act, 1985-Gum-I Additional sessions Judge, East Godavari D-lstriCt, RajamahendraVaram. On release, pet-ltioner shall appear before the station House Officer concerned, once in a fortnight, for a period of three (3) months. The petitioner shall co-operate w'Ith the inVeSt'IgatiOn. p.vlNOb KUMAR SD/- //TRUE COPY// ASSISTANT SECTION OF CER To, 1. The Special Judge for trial Of the Cases under the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic substances act I. 1985 Gum I Additional Session Judge'. East GodaVari District. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, RajamahendraVaram, East Godavari Distr'lct. 3. The Station House Officer, Yetapaka Police Stat-Ion, Alluri Seetha Rama Raju District. (formally known aS East GodaVar|l D',sir-ICt.) 4. One CC to Sri. KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA RAJU, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to the PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court Of Andhra pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare COPY JSS r~ HIGH COURT TMR, J DATED: 24/03/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.394 of 2025 ALLOWED