--se lN THE HIGH COURT-OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR/ Jt, WEDNESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SR[ JUSTICE K SREENIVASA RE CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 525 OF 2025 Betwee n : /..- s'lragam Darababu, S/o. Nagaraju, aged about 24 years, R/o. Gotchari village, Guda Post, Hukumpeta Manda[, Allur'l Sitharama Raju District. ...pet-ltioner/Accused No.1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondent petition under section 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Sections 437 & 439 of cr.p.c), pray®lng that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the cr-[minal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail pending disposal of Crime No.117/2024 ofA. Koduru P.S., Anakapalli Distr-let. E= counsel forthe Petitioner : Sri Gollapalli Maheswara Rao Counsel for the Respondent : Assistant Public Prosecutor./ The Court made the following ORDER: -. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 525 OF 2025 ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A1, seeking bail, in Crime No.117/2024 of A.Koduru Police Station, Anakapalle District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offences under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. 3. Case of the prosecution is that on 20.9.2024 at about 4.30 pm, on receipt of credible information regarding illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the S.I of Police, A.Koduru Police Station, along with staff reached Anandapuram Village, K.Kotapadu Mandal and started conducting vehicle checking. At that time, they found one auto bearing registration no.AP 31 TN 3672 coming from Gotchari to Sabbavaram and on seeing the police the inmates in the auto stopped the auto and tried to escape. Then police apprehended A2 to A5 whereas A6 escaped. On interrogation, A2 to A5 disclosed their identity particulars and police seized 76kgs of ganja from thel'r possession. They confessed that they purchased the same from Al in Odisha State. Police seized the vehicle and the contraband, arrested the accused and got remanded to judicial custody. Police arrested the petitioner on o9.ll.2024. EE `_ 2 4. Heard. perusedtherecord. 5. Learned Asslstant public Prosecutor submI'tS that major part of the investigation is completed except filing of charge sheet. He further submits that A3 and A4 were arrested and they were enlarged on ba" by thI-S Court. 6. A perusal of the material avaI'lable petjt,'oner was arrested and remanded to judl'cial custody on o9." 2024. police on credible Information seized 76 kgs of ganja from A2 and A5. pursuant to the confessI|Onal statement of co-accused, nothI'ng has been seized from the petl'tloner to connect the petitl'oner with the crime. BasI'ng on the confessional statement of co-accused, the petI-tI'Oner has been arrested and remanded to J'udl'Cjal custody. 7. ln view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, thl-s court js incllned to grant ba" to the petltIOner/Al herein, on the followI'ng COnditions. To, on record goes to show that the (I|) The petltI'Oner/Al hereln Sha" be released on his executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) wI'th two sureties for a like sum each to the satl'sfactI-On of the learned I Addl'tionaI DI'StrI'Ct and Sessions Judge, vI'Sakhapatnam,I (ii) on release, the petitioner sha" appear before the stall-On House officer concerned once I-n a week i.e. on every sunday between 10.00 a.m. and o5.00 p.m., tj" filing of charge sheet. --~----_rwl__s~6_Zrffu-I--_I_ Accordingly, the criml-nal petition is al,owed. sD/_SK MD RAFl GISTRAR FFiCER For I ASSIS ___.l\HR //TRUE COPY// 1. The I Addl-tional District & session Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act: Visakhapatnam. A -I - 1. The Superintendent, central prison, visakhapatnam, visakhapatnam Dl-strict. I __ -_ -_----- 2. The Station House offl-cer, A.Koduru Police Station, Anakapalli District. 2. One CC to Srl' Gollapalli Maheswara Rao, Advocate [opuc] 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor (AP) High Court of Andhra pradesh [ouT] 4. Onespare copy ` \ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED : 12/02/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.525 of 2025 ALLOWED