IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY. TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: ThChONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4436 OF 2025 Between: Ranga Swami Nanjegowda @ Ranga Swami, S/o. Nanegowda, aged about 24 years, R/o. Rayanagelli Village, Kothegiri Mandal, Kunigal Police Station, Karnataka State. ...Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, 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, 2023 is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in memorandum of grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail pending disposal of Crime No.65/2025 of III Town P.S., Visakhapatnam District; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and memorandum of grounds of criminal petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Gollapalli Maheswara Rao, Advocate for the Petitioner and Public Prosecutor for the Respondent; APHC010209822025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ATAMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY. THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE [3369] PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T MALLIKARJUNA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4436/2025 Between: Ranga Swami Nanjegowda @ Ranga Swami AND ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT The State Of Andhra Pradesh Counsel for the Petitioner/accused; 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 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A1, seeking bail, in Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam of III Crime No.65/2025 Commissionerate District for the alleged offence under Sections. 22(b) r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant 2. Public Prosecutor representing the respondent/State. 2 Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 26.3.2025 at 5.00 pm, on receipt of credible information about illegal possession and transportation of ganja, the Sub Inspector of police, along with his staff and mediators rushed to Andhra University Exhibition grounds and found two persons in suspicious circumstances. On seeing police, they tried to ran away. Then police apprehended them and on enquiry, they disclosed their identity particulars as that of A1 and A2 and police found 6.5 grams of MDMA in their possession. Then police arrested the accused, seized the contraband and sent the accused to Court for judicial remand. Heard. Perused the record. Learned counsel for the petitioner submit that the petitioner has been in judicial custody from 26.3.2025 and most of the investigation is completed and requested to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor opposed to grant bail on the ground that investigation is not completed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the contraband alleged to be seized from the possession of the petitioner is only 6.5 grams of MDMA which is not commercial quantity. The petitioner has been in judicial custody from 26.3.2025 and he has permanent abode. As the contraband seized is not of commercial quantity, no reasons need to be recorded as contemplated under Section 37 of the NDPS Act. Most of the witnesses are shown to be official witnesses and the release of the accused 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 3 would not cause hampering of investigation. As most of the investigation might have been completed and the petitioner has permanent abode and there is no possibility of his fleeing away from justice, as such, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. In the result, the criminal petition is allowed with the following 11. conditions: i. The petitioner/AI herein shall be released on bail on his executing a personal bond for Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge. Visakhapatnam; ii) After release, the petitioner shall attend before the Station House Officer concerned once in a fortnight in between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm for a period of three (03) months; and iii) that the petitioner is directed not to hamper the investigation and tamper with the prosecution witnesses. SDI- K. KASIRAO ACHARI ASSISTANT RE0tSTRAR //TRUE COPYi SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam. 2. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Visakhapatnam. 3. The Station House Officer, III Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. 4. One CC to Sri. Gollapalli Maheswara Rao, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP [OUT] 6. One spare copy of HIGH COURT TMR,J DATED:06/05/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.4436 of 2025 ALLOWED *F\\ C? ffe yl MM m 03 SfSPATS^