IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARA MONDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE : PRESENT: i}`''.`s -i THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5115 OF 2025 Between : Gudla Chandra Shekhar, s/o. Rajesham, A/34, C/ PadmasalI-, PateI Chowrasta, Dharmapuri MandaI, JagityaI DI-Strict, Telangana State Petitioner/A7 AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, through the station House OffI'Cer, Moothugudem ps, East GodavarI- District, Represented by the publl-c Prosecutor, High Court ofAndhra Pradesh Respondent PetitI-On under Sections 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P,C), praying that in the circumstances stated Ion the affldavI-I filed in support Of the Crl'minal PetitI'On, the High Court may be pleased to grant him bail on such terms and conditions as deemed fI-I directing hI-S enlargement in Crime No. 2 of 2025 of Moothugudem police station. The petitI-On coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri DUGGIRALA SUBASH, Advocate for the petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the following; EEL.E PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5115/2025 Between : Gudla Chandra Shekhar ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh .MRESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. DUGGIRALA SUBASH Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the fo[[owing: ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the peti`tioner/A7 seeking bail in Crime No.02/2025 of Moothugudem Police Station, ASR District. 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offence' under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. •| 2 3. case of the prosecution, in brI'ef, I-S that on 26.01.2025, on credible I-nformation regardl'ng I'Ilegal possessI-On and transportation of ganJ-a, the S.I of police, along with staff and mediators, started conductI-ng vehicle checking opposite to Moothugudem police statI'On and they found one Maruthi Ertl'ga car comI'ng towards them. on seeing police, the drl'ver of the saI'd VehI-CIe stopped the car and the inmates in the car trI-ed to escape. Then police apprehended some of the persons while the others ran away. on enquiry, the said persons disclosed theI-r I'dentI'ty Particulars, and poll'ce found 126 kgs of ganja in tlleI'r possession. The contraband, along with other material, was seized under the cover of medI-atOrS report, and the accused were arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 26.01.2025 and sl'nce then the petitI'Oner is in judicial Custody. 4. Heardbothsl-des. perusedthe record. 5. Learned Assistant public prosecutor submj{s that majorpari of{he jnves{jgation ['s completed except filing of charge sheet. He further submitted that there are no antecedents reported agajns{ the petitioner. 6. It I'S Subml-{ted that the petI-tI-Oner was piloting the other vehicle wherein 126 kgs of ganja has been seized from the possession of other accused. The petitioner has been jn judicjal`remand sI-nCe 26.01.2025 i.e. for more than 145 days, and major portion of jnvestigatjon has been completed and only formal charge sheet has {o be fI-led. ln view of the `\-,, -.,. J 3 aforesaid facts and ci-rcumstances of the case, this court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner herein, on the following conditions. (i) The petitioner/A7 herein shall be released on his executing a Personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only) with . two sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial First class Magistrate, Rampa Chodavaram; (ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before the station House Officer concerned once I'n a Week i.e. on every Sunday between 10.00 a.m. and o5.00 p.m., till fI'lI'ng Of Charge Sheet. (iii) Petitioner herein/A7 shall not go beyond the jurisdI'CtiOn Of Visakhapatnam distrI'Ct, Andhra Pradesh State, without leave of the trI'aI Court and he shall make available his location through mobile phone by paI'rI'ng it With the mobI-le Phone Of the Investigating OffI'Cer round the clock, 7. Accordingly, the criminal PetitI'On iS allowed. sD/-ij.SRj DEV!` //TRUE COPY// ASSIST-AN SECTIO TN%idl: TERRA R I. To] 1. The Judicial First Class Magistrate at Rampachodavaram at Rampachodavaram 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison at Rajamahendravaram 3. The Station House Officer, Moothugudem PS, East Godavari District 4. One CC to SRI. DUGGIRALA SUBASH Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] 6. One spare copy KJ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED: 23/06/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.5115 of 2025 ALLOWED