`\ /,,i, a, a,, J\ IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO \ CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2368 OF 2025 Between : [3369] 1. Shaik Dada Vali, S/o. Masthan Vali, Muslim, aged about 27 years. 2. Shaik Khasim Peera, S/o. Masthan Vali, MusII-m, aged about 27 years. Both petitioners are residents of D.No: 24-34-68/A, 25th lane, Nallacheruvu, Guntur, Guntur District. A.P. Petl-tI-Oner/Accused 1 &2 AND The State ofA.P., through SHO, (Complainant) Excise P.S. Guntur-II, Rep. by public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., at Amaravati. Respondent petitl'on under SectI'OnS 480 & 483 of BNSS (old Sections 437 & 439 of cr.p.c) is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioners/Accused 1& 2 on bail pending disposal of crl'me No. 16/2025 of Prohibition & Excise p.s., Guntur-ll, Guntur District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearl'ng the arguments of sri yENNAM SUDHEER BABU, Advocate for the petitioners and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the following; APHCO10112112025 E#E] EELiEL= f/ lN THE HIGH COURT OFANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3369] WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MARCH ll^/O THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2368/2025 Between : Shaik Dada Vali and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND The State OfAndhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1.YENNAM SUDHEER BABU Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Coult Made the foIIowincI Order: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS, has been filed by the petitioners herein/accused Nos.1 and 2, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.16 of 2025 of Prohibition and Excise Station, Guntur-II, registered for the offence punishable under sections 8(c) read with 21(b) (2) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short the NDPS Act,. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 18.01.2025 at about 09.30 p.m., the Prohibition & Excise Inspector along with his staff and mediators rushed to East Side road margin, Ravindra Nagar to Shyamala Nagar Road, and found the accused in possession of 7 Drug (Cocaine) Packets having 8.50 grams weight. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of mediators report. 3. Heard. Perused the record. '-,~rf- / 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners subm-Its that the petitioners are in judicial custody since 19.01.2025 and the contraband allegedly seized from the possession of the petitioners herein is not a commercial quantity. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the petitioners have permanent abode and there is no possibility of their fleeing away from the jurisdiction of the Court. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor has not disputed the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners. 5. The petitioners are in judicial custody since 19.01.2025. It is submitted by the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor that the petitioners herein have no previous crime record. As most of the investigation might have been completed by this time, the release of the accused would not cause hampering of investigation. 6. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and considering the remand period of the petitioners herein, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners herein/accused Nos.1 and 2. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. The petitioners herein/accused Nos.1 and 2 shall be released on bail on each of them executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.2O,00O/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) each with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Prohibition and Excise, Guntur. On release, petitioners shall appear before the Station House Officer concernJ2d, Once in a Week i.e. On \., \./ tzzzz22 //TRUE COPY// Sd/- B. CHITTI JOSEPH ASSISTANT ffiSTRAR For ASSISTANT REGISTRAR Tol 1 ) The Judicial Magistrate of lst Class for Prohibition and Excise Court Guntur. 2) The Special Judge constituted under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act-Gum-I Additional Sessions Judge: : Guntur 3) The Superintendent, District Jail, Guntur 4) The S.H.O., Prohibition & Excise P.S., Guntur-lI, Guntur District 5) One CC to SRl. YENNAM SUDHEER BABU Advocate [OPUC] 6) Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 7) One spare copy KJ Note: The name of the Petitioner No.2 in the order dated 19/O3/2025 is corrected from [lShaik KJiasim Peera" to l[Shaik Khasim Peera" as per Court's Order dated 26/03/2025 in lA No.1 of 2025. Substitute this amended order in the place of earlier order which was dispatched on 20/03/2025- Sd/-B. CHITTI JOSEPH ASSISTANT REGISTRAR P HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED..1 (26/03/2025) RDER AMENDED CRLP.No.2368 of 2025 ALLOWED &%#GJ\HEL\&-e&Li 27 MNR ltlT5 i ,,fo-c*----:-.I.-,= , ` -.. - .. ._ ... ..-.., .