APHC010029562025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3327] THURSDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.581 OF 2025 Between: Eepu Ramana ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DUGGIRALA SUBASH 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/A7, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.17 of 2023 of Chinthapalli Police Station, Alluri Sitharama Raju district. 2 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’). 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 16.03.2023, at about 07.00 hours, on receipt of reliable information, the Sub- Inspector of Police, Chinthapalli Police Station, along with his staff and mediators, while conducting vehicle checking near Pentapadu village outskirts of Chinthapalli Mandal, found A4 to A6 in possession and illegal transportation of 53 bags of Ganja, weighing about 1700 Kgs in a TATA Motors Truck bearing registration No.MH 48 AY 4379. The contraband along with vehicle and other material was seized under cover of a mediators report and a case has been registered against the accused. A4 to A6 confessed about the involvement of the petitioner herein/A7 and other accused in the present crime. Petitioner herein was produced on execution of PT warrant on 18.09.2024 and remanded to judicial custody on the same day. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 3 5. A perusal of the material on record goes to show that in the present case 1700 Kgs of Ganja was seized from the possession of the accused, which is a huge commercial quantity. Though the learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner herein/A7 was falsely implicated in the present case and nothing has been seized from his possession, A4 has voluntarily confessed about the involvement of the petitioner herein/A7 in the commission of offence. On the other hand, it is submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the petitioner herein/A7 is a habitual offender and he was involved in similar offence registered by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Regional Unit, Visakhapatnam, vide F.No.DRI/HZU/VRU/48/ENQ-01(INT-01)/2024. He further submits that the case is still under investigation and some more witnesses are to be examined. This is the second bail application filed by the petitioner herein and the earlier bail application filed by him was dismissed by this Court on 28.12.2024. There are no changed circumstances for granting bail to the petitioner herein. 6. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/A7. 4 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _______________________ K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J Dated:30.01.2025 Nsr 5 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Petition No.581 of 2025 Dated:30.01.2025 Nsr