IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMAR TUESDAY. THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4394 OF 2025 Between: 1. Pangi Ramachandar, S/o. Late Arjun, aged about 46 years, R/o. Jamiguda Village and Panchayat, Pedabayalu Mandal, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, A.P. 2. Killo Lalitha, W/o. Jayaram, aged about 25 years, R/o. Jamiguda Village and Panchayat, Pedabayalu Mandal, Alluri Sitharama Raju District, A.P. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED No.1,3 AND The State Of Andhra Pradesha, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...RESPONDENT Petition under Section 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C and Section 480 & 483 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No.1, 3 on bail pending disposal of Crime No. 9/2025 of Pedabayalu P.S., now Alluri Sitharama Raju District This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Gollapalli Maheswara Rao, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Public Prosecutor (AP) on behalf of the Respondent The Court made the following Order: APHC010207502025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3369] TUESDAY ,THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4394/2025 Between: Pangi Ramachandar and Others ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT The State Of Andhra Pradesha Counsel for the Petitioner/accused(S): 1.GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: This Criminal Petition, u/Sec.480 & 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioners/A1 & A3, seeking bail, in Crime No.9/2025 of Pedabayalu Police Station, ASR District. A case has been registered against the petitioners and others for the offence punishable u/Sec.20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 05.3.2025 at 10.00 am, on receipt of credible information regarding illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the S.I of Police along with staff and mediators rushed to Kothaput junction, Adugulaput Panchayat and conducted vehicle 2. 4. \ / 2 checking. They found three persons in suspicious circumstances, seeing police they tried to ran way. Then police apprehended two of them and one person escaped. On On enquiry, they disclosed their identity particulars as that of A1 and A3 and police found 70 kgs of ganja in their possession. Police arrested them and remanded them to judicial custody and seized the contraband. They confessed the involvement of other accused in the commission of offence. Heard. Perused the record. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor submits that major part of the investigation is completed except filing of charge sheet for want of RFSL report and prays to dismiss the petition. Learned counsel for the petitioners contended that the 5. 6. 7. petitioners have been in judicial custody since 05.3.2025 and they had permanent abode and prays to allow the criminal petition. 8. The record shows that the petitioners have been in judicial custody from 05.3.2025. The seized contraband is 70 kgs of ganja which is huge quantity. In view of bar contained under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners at this stage. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. 9. Sd/- A VIJAYA BABU ASSISTANT REGISTRY //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The I Additional District and Sessions Judge- cum-Special Judge for trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. 2. The Station House Officer, Pedabayalu Police station, Alluri Sitharama Raju District 3. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Visakhapatnam 4. One CC to Sri Gollapalli Maheswara Rao, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. [OUT] 6. Three CD Copies MV vna HIGH COURT DATED: 06/05/2025 ORDER 8=^ I 11 AUG 2025 |j ^ . Current yeciion . ^ CRLP.No.4394 of 2025 DISMISSING THE CRIMINAL PETITION