lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR THURSDAY, T'HE NINTH DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9836 OF 2024 Betwee n : Yedla Michel @ Pandu, S/o Ratnam, Aged about 19 years, Beeravari Kalavagattu Anthervedipalem Village, Sakhinetipalli Mandal, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema District. (A-6) ...Petitioner/A-6 AND State of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. Through, Station House Officer, Maredumi[[i Police Station, East G'odavari District. ...RespondenUComplainant Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023 is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in memorandum of grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to pass an Order by enlarging the Petitioner herein on b'ail in C.rime No.80 of 2024 of Maredumilli P.S., AIIuri Sitharama Raju District in the interests of justice and impose as such other condition or conditions as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper under the circumstances of the case; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and memorandum of grounds of criminal petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Chandra Sekhar llapakurfi, Advocate for the Petitioner and Public Prosecutor for the Respondent; \.\ \a APHCO1060O192024 Effii lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH w AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY QLRIMINAL PETITION NO.9836 OF 2g2± Betwee n : Yedla Michel @ Pandu ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND State OfAndhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for tlle Petitioner/accused: 1.CHANDRA SEKHAR ILAPAKURTI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1,PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: Thl's-Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A6, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.80 of 2024 of Maredumilli Police Stall-on, A'luri Sitharama Raju district. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) read I_ '>--_st ? . E=_ €', -_ f/ with 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short lthe NDPS Act') and Section 111 (2)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 24.09.2024, at about 02.00 PM, on receipt of credible information, the sub- Inspector of Police, Maredumilli Police Station, along with his staff and mediators, proceeded to Madduluru village and Mandal and found A3 to A6 in possession and illegal transportation of 22 Kgs of Ganja with the active support of Al and A2 in Honda Dio motor cycle bearing registration No.AP 39 CS 8210 and Bajaj Pulsar motor cycle bearing registration No.AP 37 CU 8683. The contraband along with vehicles and other material was seized under cover of a mediators report and a case has been registered against the accused. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. The petitioner/A6 was arrested on 24.09.2024 and since then he is in judicial custody. The quantity of Ganja allegedly seized from the possessI'On Of accused iS 22 Kgs. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submitted that major portion of investigation has been completed. • `` I 3 ry 6. [n view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/A6 on the following conditions. i) The petitioner/A6 shall be released on bail on his executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rampachodavaram, East Godavari district. ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, once in a week i.e., on every Saturday between 10.00 am and 01.00 pm, till fil'lng of the charge sheet. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition 'ls allowed. SD/- N.NAGAwiMA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// Fc I, ffiEl s E CT] Offi5FFi-6-ER_I- To, 1. The Judicial First class Magistrate Court, Rampachodavaram, East Godavari District. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Rajamahendravaram. 3. The Station House Officer, Maredumilli Police Station, East Godavari Distr'lct. 4. One CC to Sri. Chandra Sekhar llapakurti, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 6. One spare copy MM .y Dr1 HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED:09/01/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.9836 of 2024 ALLOWED