IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARA FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11275 OF 2025 Between: 1. Chintala Murali, So Prem Swaroop Aged 19 Years ,D.no 4-245, Laxmi Nagar Katheru 2 LineR/o Shanthinagar Rajahmundry A-1 Dulapalli Nani, S/o NageswaraoRao,Aged 20 Years C/Sc madiga D.No. 122-8-324,Industrial Colony Mallayyapeta Kathuru Rajahamundry A-3 ...Petitioners/Accused A-1 & A3 I AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition uhd^^ection 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023 is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioners on bail in Cr. No 231/2025 Gokavaram, Police Station East Godavari; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and memorandum of grounds of criminal petition and upon hearing the arguments of M/s Koppisetti Parvati Devi, Advocate for the Petitioners and Public Prosecutor for the Respondent, the Court made the following; i ,1 APHC010581182025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 11275/2025 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) Chintala Mural! and Others AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused{S): 1. KOPPISETTI PARVATI DEVI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 & 3 on bail in Crime No.231 of 2025 of Gokavaram Police Station, East Godavari District, registered against the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3 herein for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) read with Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). '-'X 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. The petitioners/accused Nos.1 ani 3 kgs of ganja. It is not were indulged in possession of 11 a commercial quantity. The petitioners were arrested on 10.10.2025. They have been in judicial custody for the past 27 days. So far si witnesses are examined. They Therefore, the possibility of the petitioners threatening tampering with evidence, or hampering the investigation does not are all official and material witnesses. the official witnesses. arise. The petitioners are permanent residents of Rajahmahendravaram. fixed abode. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor They have got submits that there are no adverse criminal antecedents reported against the petitioners. If conditions are imposed, there is no likelihood of their absconding or evading the process of law. The petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3 are of impressionable ages, 19 years and 20 years respectively. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and gravity of allegations levelled against the Petitioners/Accused this Court is inclined to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3, Nos.1 and 3 on bail. 5. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following stringent conditions; The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 enlarged on bail subject to they executing bond for I. and 3 shall be a sum 3 of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Rajamahendravaram. , ii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3 shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till cognizance is taken by the learned the Trial Court. iii. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3 shall not leave the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned. iv. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. V. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3 shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police officer. vi. The Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 and 3 shall surrender their passport, if any, to the investigating officer. If they claim that they does not have a passport, they shall submit an affidavits to that effect to the Investigating Officer. SD/-A.ViJAYA BABU DEPUTY, REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER For r To J . The I Additional Judicial First piass Magistrate Rajahmundry. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Rajahmundry. The Station House Officer, Gokavaram Police Station, East Godavari District. aC One CC to M/s Koppisetti Parvati Devi, Advocate [OPUC] t/ 5^ Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP [OUT] 6. One spare copy m i i'' \ -i i HIGH COURT ( DR.YLRJ j DATED:07/11/2025 ORDER -'-r CRLP.No.11275 of 2025 ^ I® 33P ALLOWED I