IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T. MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4513 OF 2025 Between: Marasu Sandeep, S/o.Vasu, aged 28 years, R/o.H.No.30, 13*^ Cross Street, North Prakash Nagar, Thiruninravur Tiruvallur, Tamilnadu. ...Petitioner/Accused No.5 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, through Station House Officer, Kasimkota Police Station, Anakapalle District. Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. ...Respondent/Complainant Petition filed under Sections 480 and 483 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to allow this petition by granting regular bail to the petitioner/accused No.5 who was in judicial custody at Sub Jail, Visakhapatnam from 06.12.2024, in the Crime No.296 of 2024 of Kasimkota Police Station, Anakapalle District. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Smt. K.M. R.Kamala, Advocate for Petitioner and the Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of Respondent. The Court made the following: APHC010212262025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3369] 3 MONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4513/2025 Between: Marasu Sandeep ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. K M R KAMALA Counsel for the Respondent/complainant; 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the BNSS, has been filed by the petitioner herein/AS, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.296 of 2024 of Kasimkota Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 read with 8(c) of the NDPS Act. 2. Case of the prosecution, in brief is that on 06.12.2024 on receipt of credible information, the Sub-Inspector of police along with his staff and mediators rushed to Atcharla Junction of Kasimkota Mandal, Anakapalli District and caught the accused in possession of 60 Kgs of Ganja. The contraband along with other material was seized under the cover of mediators report. Heard. Perused the record. 3. 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the 4. petitioner has been in judicial custody from 06.12.2024 and prays to grant bail to the petitioner herein. 5. On the other hand, learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed to grant bail on the ground that contraband allegedly involved in the present crime is 60 Kgs of Ganja, which is a commercial quantity and further submits that the case is still under investigation and some more witnesses are to be examined. 6. In view of the gravity of offence and involvement of commercial quantity of ganja and in view of the bar contained under Section 37 of the NDPS Act, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. Sd/- G HELA NAIDU ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The I Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge for trial of offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 2. The Station House Officer, Kasimkota Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. 3. The Superintendent, Sub Jail, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 4. One CC to Smt. K.M.R.Kamala, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CC's to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati [OUT] 6. Three CD Copies BSV vna HIGH COURT DATED:05/05/2025 ORDER g 12 JUN 2025 CRLP.No.4513 of 2025 DISMISSING THE CRIMINAL PETITION