IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE ' iPRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3245 OF 2025 Between: Dosuri Venkata Ramana @ Uma, s/o.Manikyam, Jagannadhapuram Atchuthapuram(M), Anakapalli District. ...Petitioner/Accused No.9 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati Through The Station House Officer III Town (L and O) Police Station, Rajamahendravaram, E.G.District. ...Respondent/Complainant 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 Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.9 on regular bail in connection with Cr.No. 26/2023 on the file of III Town police station. East Godavari district, in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri G Kumar Yaddlapalli Counsel for the Respondent : Assistant Public Prosecutor. The Court made the following ORDER: APHC010151562025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY,THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE [3369] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 3245/2025 Between; Dosuri Venkata Ramana @ Uma ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1 .G KUMAR YADDLAPALLI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition, u/Sec.480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A9, seeking bail, in Crime No.26/2023 of Rajahmundry III Town PS, East Godavari District. A case has been registered against the petitioner and others for the offence punishable u/Sec.20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 8(c) of NDPS Act. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. 2. 3. I 2 4. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on receipt of credible information, transportation of ganja, the S.l of Police, rushed to dumping yard, outskirts of center, Rajamahendravaram and found si seeing police, said persons tried to them and on enquiry, they disclosed their on 01.02.2023 at 3.00 regarding illegal possession and along with staff and mediators Chowdeswaranagar, Lalacheruvu six persons with gunny bags. On pm. escape. Then police apprehended identity particulars as that of A1 to A6 and police found 25 kgs of ganja in their possession, arrested them and remanded them Police to judicial custody and seized the of A9 in the commission of on 01.02.2025. contraband. They confessed the involvement the offence. Police arrested the petitioner/A9 Heard. Perused the record. 5. 6. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits investigation is completed except filing of charge report and prays to dismiss the petition. 7. Learned counsei for the petitioner submits that a crime came to be registered on 01,02.2023 and basing on the confession statement of accused, this petitioner was arrested has been in judicial custody and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. that major part of the sheet for want of RFSL co on 01.02.2025 and since then he same was not disputed by the 3 8. After careful observation of the material on record and submissions made on behalf of both sides, it shows that the petitioner was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on 01.02.2025. Evidently no contraband has been seized from the possession of the petitioner. Since the accused has been in remand from 01.02.2025, this Court found that most of the investigation pertaining to the role played by the petitioner in the commission of the offence would be completed. It is submitted that the petitioner has permanent abode and there is no possibility of his fleeing away from justice and most of the witnesses are official witnesses and the release of the petitioner would not cause tampering of evidence and hampering of investigation. When ascertained, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submitted that one antecedent reported against the petitioner. Considering the entire material on record, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner with some conditions. 9. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following conditions: (i) The petitioner/A9 herein shall be released on his executing a personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) with one surety for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned V Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Rajamahendravaram; *v 4 (ii) On release, the petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned once in a fortnight between 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon, for a period of two (02) months, (iii) the petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence hamper the investigation investigation. and and shall cooperate for SDl- G.HELANAIDU ASSISTANtlREGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER For To 1. The V Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Rahamahendravaram. 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Rajamahendravaram Godavari District. 3. The Station House Officer, III Town (L and O) Police Station, Rajamahendravaram, E.G.District. 4. One CC to Sri G Kumar Yaddlapalli, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor (AP) High Court of Andhra Pradesh [OUT] 6. One spare copy East cvss HIGH COURT \ \ \ \ \ \ TMR,J DATED:02/04/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.3245 of 2025 ALLOWED