``.`` lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATl V/ FRIDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 652 OF 2025 Betwee n : 1. Chandan Adkatia, S/o. Ananta Adkatia, aged about 21 years, R/o. PondeI Village, Sambai Post, Putting Sub-District, Koraput, District, Odisha State. 2. Veerendra Singh, S/o. Late -Hukum Singh, aged about 50 years, R/o. Godhi Village, Palaval District, Haryana State. 3. SuneeI Rana @ Suneel Kumar, S/o. Rajveer, aged about 36 years, R/o. H.NO.P359, Street No.10, SGM Nagar, Paridabad, Haryana State. ...Petitioner/Accused No.2 to 4 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...Respondent Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS (old Sections 437 & 439 of cr.p.c), praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Cc;urt may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No.2 to 4 on bail pending disposal of crime No.188/2024 of Therlam P.S., Vizianagaram District. Counsel for the Petitioners : Sri Gollapalli Maheswara Rao Counsel for the Respondent : Public Prosecutor. The Court made the following ORDER: | inirJ=+++tri ++ tit JT+i THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY _C_RIMINAL PETITION NO.652 OF 2025_ ORDER:- This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioners/A2 to A4, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.188 of 2024 of Theriam Police Station, Vizianagaram District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,1985. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 19.12.2024, the accused were caught in possession of 18.2 Kgs of Ganja at water tank, near Bharth Petrol Bunk, SH-004 Road, Rangappavalasa Village. The contraband, along with other material, was seized under cover of a mediators report. The accused were arrested and got remanded to judicial custody. 3. Heard. Perused the record. 4. The petitioners are in judicial custody since 19.12.2024. The quantity of Ganja allegedly seized from the possession of the accused is 18.2 Kgs, which is not a commercial quantity. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submitted that major portion of ¢`-,i-ss,j40 i-.\ \ E= investigation has been completed and there are no antecedents against the petI'tiOnerS herein. 5. In viewofthe aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners/A2 to A4 on the following conditions. i) The petitioners/A2 to A4 shall be released on bail on their executing personal bond for Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfactl'on of the learned Principal Junior Civil Judge-Gum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Bobbili, Vizianagaram District. ii) On release, the petitioners shall appear before the station House Officer concerned, once in a week i.e., on every sunday between 10.00 am and 01.00 pm, till filing of the charge sheet. iii) PetitI-OnerS/A2 to A4 shall not go beyond the jurisdiction of vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh State, without leave of the trial Court and they shall make available their location through mobile phones by pairing them with the mobile phone of the To, N 'ai+|fj® >u1 m I) Investigating Officer round the clock. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. -- A ,A _ AS. //TRUE COPY// ForAS . sD/- K.SRIN!VAS,'3. RAJU ASSISTANT GISTRAR SECTION OFFICER 1. The Principal Junl'or Civ" Judge-Gum-Judicl'al Magistrate of First Class, Bobbili, VI'Zianagaram District. - The Superintendent, central prison, visakhapatnam, visakhapatnam District. The Station House Officer, Therlam Police Station, vl-zianagaram District. one cc to sri Go'lapalli Maheswara Rao, Advocate [opuc] Two CCs to Public Prosecutor (AP) High Court of Andhra pradesh [ouT] One spare copy \ HIGH COURT SRK,J DATED:31/01 /2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.652 of 2025 ALLOWED 3 \ \hN\\\® •se# ._ ..... xp`.. T,+ I. -gr.,: :i_`1,,I/,;