EEIhff ct'' I 3?27] IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI J*tf£ST-Jrs£¥,.Bng`;-i: WEDNESDAY ,THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JANUA TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 554 OF 2025 Betwee n : REDDY 1. Aravind Sukumar, S/o Sukumar Aged about 23 years .student R/o D.No-100/10, Koravallur,marriyamman, Kovil street sowri Palayam,Peelamedu,E2 Police station,Rase course Taluka, Koyambathuru Dl'strict,Tamilnadi. 2. Sanjeevan Mohna Raj, S/o Mohan Raj, Aged abour 24 years, masonary worker R/o Andipalayam village, Peruru Taluka, Vadapalli Police Station,Koyambathuru dist Tamilnadu State. PetitI-OnerS/Accused 4 & 5 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through Station House Officer, Anakapalli town Police Station, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh, Amaravathi, Guntur District Respondent/Complainant Petition under sectI'OnS 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C, (New Sections 480 & 483 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 on bal'l in connection with crime No. 457/2024, Anakapalli town P.S. Anakaplli dist COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER : SRl. K PRIDHVI RAJU COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT : PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER ==±= / THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.554 OF 2025 ORDER:- This Criminal Petition, under Sectl-ons 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioners/A4 and A5, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.457 of 2024 of AnakapallI' Town Police Station, AnakapallI- Distrl-ct. 2. A case has been registered a the petitioners herein and others for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B) read with 8(c), 25 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act,1985 (for short 'the NDPS Act'). 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 10.12.2024, at about16.00 hours, on credible information, the sub-Inspector of I Police along with his staff and mediators, rushed to goods shed road junction, AnakapaIIl- Tc,wn and found the accused in possession of 12KGs of Ganja. The contraband along with other material was seized under cover of a mediators report. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. The petitioners are in judicial custody since 10.12.2024. The quantity of Ganja allegedly seized from the possession of the accused is 12Kgs, which is not a commercial quantity. ln view of c:<zSrfu r,ds:l-_` I the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, thl-s court is inclined to grant bail td the petitioners/A4 and A5 on the followl'ng condl-lions. i) The petitioners/A4 and A5 shall be released on bail on their executing personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with two suretl'es of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge- Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. ii) On release, the petitioners 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. iii) petitioners/A4 and A5 shall not go beyond the jurisdiction of Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh State, without leave of the Special Court and they shall make available their location through mobile phones by pairing them with the mobile phone of the Investigating Officer round the clock. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. //TRUE COPY// SD/-N.NAGAMMA ASSISTAP!T REGISTRAR i i, I,,i L_-., SECTION OFFICER FOrAaOIOIJ|.,I .__ _ I / // 4/ To, 1. The I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trl'al of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam 2. The superintendent, Central Prison, Visakhapatnam 3. The Station House Officer, Anakapalli town Police Station, 4. One CC to SRl. K PRIDHVI RAJU Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two cos to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court ofA.P[OUT] 6. One spare copy // \ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED :29/01 /2O25 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.554 of 2025 ALLOWED