. . IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARed ll^/O THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE '1` :PRESENT.- +i^gri`tw#pij-±i,¥}= THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.I 473 OF 2025 Betwee n : Marri Siva Rao, S/O Babu Rao, EduchevaIIu Village, A Annavaram Panchayath, Chinthapalli MandaI, AIluri Sita Rama RaJ-u District. ...Petitioner/Accused No.3 AND The State of A.P, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, Through the SHO, Chodavaram Poll'ce Station, `AnakapaIIi District, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amravati. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C, and Section 480 & 483 of BNSS, is filed praying that in the circumstances stated I-n the grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition-,l'th6tHigh Court may be pleased to release the PetI'tiOner/Accused No.3 on bail in FIR No.166/2023 of Chodavaram Police Station, Anakapalli District on 27-®06-2023 on the terms and conditions as the court may deem fit and proper l|n the facts and circumstances of the case. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support there6f and upon hearing the arguments of M/s Pangi Raju Babu, Advocate for the petitioner and of public prosecutor for the Respondent, the Court made the followl'ng APHCO10O22852025 ERE lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH At AMARAVATl (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 473/2025 Between : Marri Siva Rao ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. PANGI RAJU BABU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR` The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A3, seeking regular bail, in Cr'lme 'No.166 of 2024 of chodavaram-police Station, Anakapalli district. 2. A case has been registered against the Petitioner herein and others for the offence punishable under section 20(b)(ii)(C) 2 r, read with 8(c) and 25 of the Narcotic Drugs and ,Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short fthe NDPS Act'). 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 27.06.2023, at about 16.00 hours, on credible information, the Sub-Inspector of Police, Chodavaram Police Station, along `with his Staff and mediators, while conducting vehicle checking at Gowripatnam junction, outskirts of Narsayyapeta village, Chodavaram Mandal, found Al and A2 in possession and illegal transportation Of 21 Kgs of Ganja in a Eicher Van bearing registration No.KA 51 AG 2183. Al confessed that he secured the Ganja from A3. The contraband along with vehicle and other material was seized and a case has been registered against the accused. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. A perusal of the material on record goes tO Show that basing on the confessional statement of co-accused the name Of the petitioner herein was shown as accused in the present crime. Petitioner herein was arrested in connection with another crime on 09.08.2O24.+ Thereafter, the petitioner was remanded to judicial custody in this crime on execution of PT warrant on 17.09.2024. Petitioner has been languI-Shing in jail Since then. I-33S32z:2 3 I/ Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submitted that major POrtl'On Of inVeStigatl'On has been completed. 6. ln view of~'the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this`Courf is inclined to-grant bat-I tO the Petitioner/A3 on the following conditions. i) The petitioner/A3 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 I Additional District and Sessions Judge-Gum-special Judge for trial of offences under the NDPS + Act, Visakhapatnam. 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 filing of the charge sheet. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. //TRUE COPY// sd/-N. ,NAdAElflMA To, 1. The I Additional District and sessions Judge-Gum-Special Judge for Trial of offences under NDPS Act, Court at Visakhapatnam. 2. The Superintendent, central prison, visakhapatnam, 3. The Station House Officer, Chodavaram Police Station, Anakapalli District. 4. One CC to SRI PANGI RAJU BABU, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs toPUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of A.P., AmaravatI'. [OUT] 6. One spare copy. PSD |. ,I HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED:28/01 /2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.473 of 2025 ALLOWED RA. ` I^ • ..,#