IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR r, FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TW THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE .z :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA I CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2335 OF 2025 ,%y Between : Korra Anjayya, S/o. Sriramulu, Aged 50 years, Occ Cultivation, R/o. Chapagedda Villlage, Bolthili Panchayati, G. Madugula MandaI, AIluri Seetharamaraju District. I.[Petitioner/Accused No.3 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. By its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravati, Through Station House Officer, G. Madugula Police Station, Visakhapatnam DistrI-Ct. ...Respondent Petition under section 480 & 483 of BNSS (Old Section 437 and 439 of cr.p.c.)I is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner on Regular Bail to the Petitioner / accused No.3 FIR No.48/2024 on the file of G. Madugula Police Station, dt.30.10.2024. . ,€,. r~, ,~ -, The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of' grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI PUWALA SRINIVASA RAO Advocate for the petitioner, ;zzpe and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, and the court made the following ORDER: lN THE HIGH COURT OF AN.DHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (special original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE . - PRESENT 'THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No: 2335/2025 Between : Korra Anjayya AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. PUWALA SRINIVASA RAO [3521] ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for the Respondent/COmPIainant: 1,PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING ORDER: This is the third bail application filed, under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, (for brevity {B.N.S.S.I) by the petitioner/A3, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.48 of 2024 of G.Madugula police station, Alluri Sitha Rama RaJ'u District, registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,1985 (for brevity fthe NDPS Act'). / (I iE EE 2. The Case of the prosecution, in brief, is thaton 30.10.2024 on receiptof credible informatl-on about illegal transporfatI®On Of Ganja, the Inspector of PolI'Ce, G.Madugula police station along with his staff and mediators rLlshed to M.R.O Office J-unCtI-On and started conducting vehicle checking. At about 08.00 hrs three persons cc)mI®ng On foot Carrying three bags from Nurmathi side tow'ards G.Madugula. on seeing the police, they trI'ed {O abscond and then the police apprehended them and found that three white plastic gunny bags of ganja weighing 57 kgs. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. perused the record. 4. Sri Sravan Kumar Nadena, learned counsel representing Sri Puvvala srinivasa Rao, learned counsel for the petI'tjOner Submits that the Petitl'Oner has been in judicial custody for the past 180 days. 5. Ms.Akhila Nal-du, learned Assl'stant public Prosecutor also conceded with the sal'd submission of learned counsel for the petitl-oner. However, she submits that the investigatI'On iS not yet completed. 6. The alleged contraband is 57 kgs. In view of the fact that the petitioner completed 180 days of detentI'On in the J-udiCial Custody, the Petitioner/accused No.3 is entl'tled for default bail as per sect,-on 36A(4) of the fN.D.P.S. Ac{J- v.-J at=- JJL-a -.,. f 3 Dr.YLR, I crl.p.No.2335 of 2025 Dated: 25.04.2025 ~/ 7. Since the investigation iS not yet completed and there are nO specific reasons for further detention of the petitioner beyond the period of 180 days, even as per the case of the prosecution, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail with the following Conditions: i) The petitioner shall be enlarged On bail Subject tot him 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 Judicial Magistrate of First class, Paderu. ii) The petitioner shall not directly or indirectly influence Or threaten or meet the witnesses including .the de-facto complainant. iii) The petitioner shall cooperate With the investigating Officer in further investigation of the case and shall be available to the investigating officer as and when called by him. iv) The petitioner shall appear before the investigating Officer on every saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm till the cognizance is taken by the learned I Additional District and sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of-Offences under N.D.P.S. Act, Visakhapatnam. The petitioner shall not leave the limits of the District head quarters Without prior permission of the Investigating Officer. //TRUE COPY// SD/-K.J.RAJA BABU ASSISTA"7z¥,9ISTRAR SECTION OFFICER ~~ To, 1. The station House offl'cer, G.Madugula police stall-on, vI'Sakhapatnam DI'StrI'Ct. 2. The I AddI't,'OnaI Djstrl|ct & sessI-OnS Judge - specI-aI Judge for TrI-al of offences under NDPS Act, VI-Sakhapatnam. 3. The JudI-CI|aI First class Magl-strafe, paderu. 7T# 4. The superl'ntendent, central prison, vjsakhapatnam. z# 5. One cc to SRI. PUWALASRINIVASA RAO,Advocate[opucJ # 6. Two cos to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, Hl'gh court of Andhra pradesh? [OUTJ 7. one spare copy KN _-/ /,-r/, HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATE D : 25/04/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2335 of 2025 ALLOWED i| RE .t+ // t