R \`` `) IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI THURSDAY ,THE NINTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE [3327] :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY i; --II IIIL I I I -____ CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9795 OF 2024 ------- *`s` Betwee n : |1 1. Mancharla Srinu, S/o Late Chandra Rao Aged about 27 years, R/o No. 5-86, Kotta HarI'jana Peta, Thondangi Mandal Bendapudi, Kakl'nada DI'StriCt now at Danavaipeta, Katakam seethapathi Bhavan, RaJ'amahendravaram.(A1 ) 2. Garaga Devi Vara Prasad @ Nani, S/o Venkata Ramana Aged about 32 years, R/o D. No. 4-98, Bojjavarithota veedhi, pithapuram Kakinada District. (A2) 3. Tella Kishore, S/o Raja Rao, Aged about 42 years, R/o D. No. 8-33-66, Teelavarri veedhi, vinchI|Peta, Near Fourmen Bangala, vijayawada, NTR District. (A3) 4. Annam srinl'vasa Rao @ vasu, s/o Babu Rao Aged about 31 years, D. NO. 1-80, Sattemma colony, sampathipuram, AnakapallI' Distrl'ct, now at Rayudupalem village,Kakinada Dl'strict. (A4) 5. Dommeti Nagaraju, s/o satyanarayana Aged about 43 years, R/o D. No. 6-24, Mutyalammagudi veedhi, Munganda, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema District now at D. NO. 4-168 Bijapur Colony, Near Rajarajeswari Temple, Diwancheruvu, Rajamahendravaram (A5) PetI-tiOner/Accused AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by public Prosecutor p.s prakash Nagar, High Court of Andhra pradesh, at Amaravathi. Respondent/complainant petition under sectI'OnS 437 and 439 of Cr.P.C(New Sectl-ons 480 and 483 of Bharatjya Nagarik suraksha sanhita,2023), I-s filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the cr'lminal petition, the High Court may be Pleased tO enlarge the petit'loners/Accused No. 1 to 5, on bail in COnneCt'lOn With Crime No. 201 of 2024,On the file Of Prakash Nagar Police Station, East Godavari District . The petition coming On for hearing, upon Perusing the Petit'lon and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri KADIAM H B KUMAR, Advocate for the Petitioner and Of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for Respondent, the Court made the following ORDER lne urlmlnaI Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharat-lya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [for short, fB.N.S.Sl], is filed on behalf of the petitioner/accused Nos. 1 to 5 seek'lng regular bail in Crime No.201 of 2024 of prakash Nagar Police Station, East Godavari District. 1. A case has been registered against the Petitioner and Others for the offences punishable under sections 8(c), read W-lth 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,1985. ``.----_rs T=Zri3fe3fS` \'\{ 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on ll.10.2024, at about ll.45 a.m, the Sub Inspector of Police, Prakash Nagar P.S, received credible ®| information about illegal transportation of Ganja. Immediately, Police rushed to the spot and apprehended the Al to A6 and found 21.05 Kgs of Ganja in their possession. The contraband was seized under cover of a mediators report and the Al to A6 were arrested. Thereafter, confessional statements of the I accused were recorded wherein it was revealed that accused also involved in this crime. ) 3. Heard. Perused the record. 4. On a perusal of record, it goes to show that quantity of contraband allegedly seized from Al tdp A6 is 21.05 Kgs of ganja. The petitioners have been languishing in jail since ll.10.2024. There are no antecedents with regard to petitioners involving any other cases relating to NDPS Act. 5. On the other hand, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that major part of the investigation is completed and charge sheet could not be filed, in view of pendency of inventory. 6. ln view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners/accused No.1 to 5 herein, on the following conditions. (i) The petitioners herein shall be released on their executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) each with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the II Addit®IOnaI Judicial Magistrate of I class, Rajamahendravaram. ``_--I I---€3 __-i.-I i-=a ``. i=::==:±=±ZE±i| a`L+ I ; ¢ (ii) On release, the petitioners shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned once in a week i.e., on every Sunday between 10.OO a.m. and 05.00 p.m., till filing of the charge sheet. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR For ASSISTANT REGISTRAR /ITRUE COPY// 1. The ll Additional Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Rajamahendravaram. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prl'son, Rajamahendravaram. 3. The SHO., P.S Prakash Nagar, East Godavari District. 4. One CC to SRI. KADIAM H B KUMAR Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to the PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P [OPUC] 6. One spare copy To, psk I/ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED :09/01 /2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.9795 of 2024 ALLOWED