'J E= iiE *L_'` IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVAILap€::h7fr:S,-.,,.t.:i I-t`--.-` \\..` `..- I:_-I `J'.£.- -`.(- TUESDAY, THETivENTY NINETH DAY OF APRIL TWO TH`OUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE -~ . i.,I:-'pRESENT: THE HONOURABLE`.SFR! _JUSTICE T MALL[KARJUNA RAO I :. -:`.-i ;.:i.i' ... (.-. .i r cR]MINAL?''`?faTIT[ON NO: 4174 OF 2025 Between : lppati Prasad, S/o Balayya, Ag5d about 24 Years, R/o Munnanuru Village,. MidjiI Mandal, Mahabubnagarbistric{, Te'langana State. p7 . . I Petjtl-oner/A-1 I AND The State of Andhra Pradesh,I Rep. by its public prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh Amaravatii I ...Respondent ..I = t~= :...i| .` ~` _ 2 .. `,r.. petition under secti`6ri'€3fi';`'480 & 483 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the criminal PetI-lion, the High-`Col;'ri may be pleased to enlarge / release the petitioner/Accused No.1 hereI'h-6n`|bail in connection wI-th Cr.No.42 of 2025, 9n the file Of the Anakapalli Rural Police Station. The Petition coming Qn 'fof h6aring, upon perusing the petition and thel memorandum of grounds fl''Ied in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI MOJJADA HARI KRISHNA Advocate for the petitioner, and' of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,, foil the Respondent, the court made the following ® THE HONOUP`ABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.. 4174 of 2025 Order:- This Criminal Petition under Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS, has been filed by the petl'tioner herein/Al seeking regu`Iar bail in Crime No.42 of 2025 of Anakapalli Rural Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B)I 25 read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief is that on 22.02.2025, on receipt of credible information about illegal transportation of ganja, the sub- Inspector of police along with his staff and mediators +ushed to Kunchangi Junction of Anakapalli Mandal and caught Al to A5 in possession of 8 Kgs of Ganja. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of mediators report. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been in J-udiCial custody from 22.02.2025 and prays this Court to grant bail to the petitioner herein. He further submits that A2 to A5 in the present crime were granted bail by the Special Court vide order dated 02.04.2025 in Crl.M.P.No.580 of 2025. In support of his contention, he placed a copy of the said order before this Court. 4. On the other handJ learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed the grant of bail to the petitioner on the ground that t- |..39 investigation in the present crime is not completed. Li_=_I + 5. Heard. perusedtherecord. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner subml-tted that the contraband alleged to be seized from the possessl-on of the petl-tioner herein and others is 8 Kgs of ganja, whI-Ch iS not Of commercial quantity. Moreover, A2 to A5 were granted ba" by the specI'aI Court and the case of the present pe{jtioner is also on the same footing that of other accused. It is submitted that the petI-tl'Oner had permanent abode and there I'S nO possibI'Iity of his fleeing away from the J'uStjCe. lt l's submI-t{ed by the learned counsel for the petI'tiOner that most of the wI-tneSSeS are shown to be offJ'Cial WI'tneSSeS and the release of the accused would not cause hampering of I'nVeStigatjon and tamperjng of witnesses. 7. ln view of{he aforesaI-d facts and cl-rcumstances of the case and sl-nce the contraband I'nVOIved in the present crime js not a commercial quantity, thI-S Court l's I-ncII®ned to grant ba" {o the pe{jtjoner herel-n. 8. In the resultJ the Crl-minal petition js allowed w[-th the following condI'tiOnS.- i. The petitioner herein shall be released on ba" on h]'s executI'ng a personal bond for Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) wI'th two suretI'eS for a lI'ke sum each to the satisfaction of the learned xlll AddI-tI-Onal Metropolitan Magistrate, Anakapalli. €--T--_fy of ii. On release, the pe'titioner shall appear before the station House Officer concerned, once in a week i.e., on every Friday between 10.00 AM and ll.00AM., fora period of one year. iii. The petitioner shall make himself available for investigation as and when required and that he shall not cause any threat, inducement or promise to the prosecution witnesses. To, `- /;TRUE COPY// Sdi/- SK,: PviDa Rhq`!^--i ASSISTANI _,i::Z:±li i STRAR For A I SECTION OFfr*i#EiR=R 1. The xlII Addit'ionar MetropoII'tan Magistrate at Anakapa" Visakhapatnam District 2. The I AddI-tiOnaI DI|StrI|Ct & Sessions Judge-specI'al Judge For Trl'al of offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, visakhapatnam District 3. The superintendent, central Jail, VI'Sakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam i- DI'StriCt 4. The S{at[-on House officer, Anakapallj Rural Police sta{jon, Anakapalli D jstrl'ct 5. One CC to SRl. MOJJADA HARI KRISHNAAdvocate [opuc] 6. Two cos to PUBLIC PROSECUTORJ High Court of Andhra pradesh [OUT] 7. One spare copy PSR I I HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED..29/04/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.4174 of 2025 ALLOWED 30 APE 2025 -., {rd >''--