■. X f IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI ^ WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF OCTOBER, mio TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE ! :PRESENT: HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 10755 OF 2025 1 - vi»- -ri 'V/. / 5^*- fV- A r h Between: *: Korra Satti Babu @ Sathish, S/o. Korra Madhusudhan Rao, aged about 29 Years, R/o. Dumbbaguda Village,Pedabayalu Mandal, ASR District. ...Petitioner/Accused No.10 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through Station House Officer, Vizianagaram Rural Police Station, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravathi, Guntur District ... Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480 & 483 BNSS-2023(Old Section 437&439 Cr.P.C, 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/A10 on Bail in connection with Crime No. 169 of 2024 of Vizianagaram Rural Police Station, U/s 20(b)(ii)(C), r/w 8 (c) of NDPS Act 1985,Vizianagaram District, Dated 19-08-2024 and )i 'ii j pass The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri.KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA RAJU Advocate for the Petitioner PROSECUTOR Advocate for the Respondent and the Court PUBLIC made the } following. 2 Dr. YLR, J CrI.P. No. 10755 of2025 Dated 29.10.2025 The Court made the following: ORDER The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘ 437 and 439 the Cr.P.C.’)/ Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the petitioner/Accu sed on bail in Crime.No. 169 of 2024 of Vizianagaram Rural Police Vizianagaram District, registered against the petitioner/Accused herein for the offences punishable under Sections 8 (c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). No.10 Station No.10 20(b)(ii)(C) read with ! 1985 (for 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the record the allegation against the petitioner/Accused No.10 is that he had indulged in dealing with 22.00 kgs of ganja, which is a commercial quantity. Originally, Accused Nos.1 and 3 were arrested, and they gave confessions against Accused and 6 were arrested and gave confessions against the present petitioner/Accused No.10 on 26.06.2025. The petitioner/Accused No.10 Nos.5 and 6 on 19.08.2025. Subsequently, Accused Nos.5 was arrested on 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.l0755 of 2025 Dated 29.10.2025 26.06.2025 and he has been in judicial custody for the past 124 days. The learned counsel for the petition^r submits that the petitioner is a permanent resident of Dumbbaguda Village, Pedabayalu Mandal, ASR District, and he has got fixed abode. If he is enlarged on bail, he may not evade the process of law. So far, five witnesses have been examined. The material portion of the investigation, insofar as the alleged role played by the petitioner is concerned, has been completed. The petitioner is not in a position to threaten the witnesses, tamper with the evidence, or hamper the investigation, as the witnesses are official witnesses. A learned Single Judge of this Court in Crl.P.No.521 of 2025 4. enlarged Accused Nos.1 to 3 on bail. Another learned Single Judge of this Court in Crl.P.No.2999 of 2025 enlarged Accused No.6 on bail. A learned Single Judge of this Court in Crl.P.No.3001 of 2025 enlarged Accused No.5 on bail. Except the confessions of Accused Nos.5 and 6 there is no material on record incriminating the petitioner/Accu sed No.10. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and gravity of alleqations levelled against the petitioner/Accused No.10, 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.l0755 of2025 Dated 29.10.2025 this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No. 10 on bail with the following stringent conditions: i. The petitioner/Accused No. 10 shall be enlarged on bail subject to he executing a bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Vizianagaram. ii. The petitioner/Accused No. 10 shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till filing of the charge sheet. iii. The petitioner/Accused No. 10 shall not leave the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned, iv. The petitioner/Accused No. 10 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. V. The petitioner/Accused No. 10 shall not, directly indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as or 5 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.l0755 of2025 Dated 29.10.2025 to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the Court. vi. The petitioner/Accused No. 10 shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make himself available for interrogation by the investigating officer as and when required. 6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed. !|i Sd/-K.Raja Babu, ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Addl. Judl. Magistrate of I Class 2. The Station House Officer, Vizianagaram Vizianagaram District, (by RPAD) 3. One CC to SRI. KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA 4. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR [OPUC] 5. One spare copy. 6. 5.The Superintendent, Central Prison Vizianagaram. Rural Police Station, RAJU Advocate [OPUC] High Court of Andhra Pradesh Viskhapatnam f HIGH COURT t (1 DR.YLR,J DATED:29/10/2025 I- BAIL |. ORDER CRLP.No.10755 of 2025 I ALLOWED [r