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`` [3365] IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATL# TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE t##' : PRESENT: \.a_~A+--- THE HONOURABLE JUSTICEBi€-v R K KRUPA SAGAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9831 OF 2024 `t>#p€ Betwee n : ``..``'. Yelleti Arjun, S/o Late Apparao, age 37 years, Kapu- OC R/o Cherukum Pakalu village, Lplhugedda panchayat, chintapalli MandaI, AIIuri Sitarama ` rfyfr Raju District. EFfflEE Petitioner/Accused-5 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, Through the ` y;,. SHO, Annavaram Police Station, AIIuri Sita Rama Raju District, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amravati. `ds##p7 `apj ' Respondent/ComplaI-nant petition under sections 43;-& 439 of Cr.P.C, (New Sections 480¥483Lgiv of BNSS, 2023) praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioner/Accused No.5 on bail in FIR No.30 oi?2024 of Annavaram Police station, AIluri Sita Rama Raju District on 09-OgrZ:o24 on the terms and conditions as the court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER .I SRI. PANGI RAJU BABU tr COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT : PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ut THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER
J/ lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE DR V R K KRUPA SAGAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 9831 of 20_24 ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short lBNNS') 'ls filed by petitioner/A5, seeking regular bail in Crime No.30 of 2024 of Annavaram police station, Alluri Seetha Rama Raju District registered for the offences punishable under Section 20 (b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of NDPS Act,
1985. 2. Heard Sri Pang'l Raju Babu, learned counsel for petitioner/A5 and \ the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent/State. 3. Perused the record. 4. Having heard the learned counsel on both sides and perused the record, it is seen that on 09.08.2024, six accused were arrested and remanded to judicial custody, and 102.1 kgs of dry ganja were recovered. The present petitioner is A5, seeks regular bail. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail application. 5. Earlier in Crl.P.No.8452 of 2024, A3, A4 and A6 had prayed for regular bail.
This Court, by Order dated 06.12.2024, granted bail to A3 and A6, but declined to grant ba'll to A5. As one would notice that, in the subsequent period, the better part of the investigation has been completed. The petitioner has been -ln judicial Custody S|lnCe 09.08.2024, which means to nearly six months. ln such circumstances, any further
contjnuatlon of detentl'on does not seem necessary. Hence, thI-S Court finds that petI®tI|Oner/A-5.shall be enlarged on bar-I.
6. ln vl'ew of the said cI'rCumstances, the crl'ml'naI PetI-tI-On I-s a"owed. petltioner hereI'n/A5 sha" be enlarged on ba" on executl-ng a personal bond for a sum of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand only) with two sureties of the like sum each to the satI-Sfactl'on of the learned special sessions Judge for tr,al of the cases under the Narcotic Drugs and psychotropjc substances Act, 1985-Gum-I AddI|tI'Onal Sessions Judge, vl'sakhapatnam. The petjtI'Oner I-s perml'tted to furnl-sh the suretI'eS from the state of Andhra pradesh. petl'tl'oner/A5 sha" mark his attendance before the lnvestjgatl'ng officer on 13t and 15th of every month between 10.00 A.M. and 1.00 P.M. ti" fl'ljng of the charge sheet. petitioner/A5 sha" make hl'mself available for investl'gation by a polICe officer as and when required, and he sha" not, directly or jndjrectly, make any Inducement, threat or promlse to any persons acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dlssuade them from dI'SCIosl'ng such facts to the court or to any polICe officer. He sha" not ,Indulge I'n sl'mjlar acts of crime and sha" duly attend the trial of the case. The petjtl'oner sha" regularly appear before the competent court and partl-cl-pale l'n pre-trial and trial process without fail. pending miscellaneous appll'catl'ons, I-f any, sha" stand closed. //TRUE COPW/ SD/-M.PRABHAKARA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR fife, ,,1`J To, For SECTION OFFICER 1 AT::lt:opneaclla: I:tur?c:e&fO;re::llaolnosf JOuffdegnec::sauknhda::aNtnDaPmS ±c" 985 -Gum-r
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I- __\ li--I_.- I..,+`|. HIGH COURT DR VRKS,J DATED :28/01 /2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.9831 of 2024 ALLOWED t2 9 ,,JAW lS%