[3521 ] IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY ,THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12180 OF 2025 I/A 'O ■MS lx f5 lo-i ■k'' Between: ■A-'< ■~V' r4; 1. Pindiboyina Karthik, S/o. Sankarayya, aged about 21 D.N0.1/35-C, S. Yerrapalli, Madana Gopalapuram Village, Raja'mpet Mandal Annamayya District, A.P. 2. Shaik Nazir, S/o. Shaik Kadharvalli ye, aged about 28 years, R/o. D.No.9/213, Lingala Street, Mannur Village Rajampet Mandal, Annamayya District, A.P. 3. Shaik Sameer, S/o. Shaik Mohammad Rafiq, aged about 21 D.N0.9/243-B, Muslim Street, Mannur Village, Rajampet Mandal, Annamayya District, A.P. 4. Kakumuri Narasimha Reddy, S/o. Venkata Subba Reddy, aged about 22 years, R/o. Annamayya District, A.P. years, R/o. DBN Palli, Rajampet Town,Rajampet Mandal, Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 4 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 is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 4 on bail pending disposal of Crime No. 160/2025 of Dwaraka P.S., Visakhapatnam District. The petition/Appeal coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate for the Petitioner, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) for the Respondent and the Court made the following. APHC010633532025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12180/2025 Between: 1.PINDIBOYINA KARTHIK, S/0. SANKARAYYA, AGED ABOUT 21 YEARS, R/0. GOPALAPURAM VILLAGE, RAJAMPET MANDAL ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT, A.P. 2.SHAIK NAZIR, S/O. SHAIK KADHARVALLI, AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS,R/0. D.NO.9/213, LINGALA STREET, MANNUR VILLAGE RAJAMPET MANDAL, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT, A.P. 3.SHAIK SAMEER, S/O. SHAIK MOHAMMAD RAFIQ, AGED ABOUT 21 YEARS,R/O. D.N0.9/243-B, MUSLIM STREET, MANNUR VILLAGE,RAJAMPET MANDAL, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT, A.P. 4.KAKUMURI NARASIMHA REDDY, S/O. VENKATA SUBBA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 22 YEARS,R/O. DBN PALLI, RAJAMPET TOWN,RAJAMPET MANDAL, ANNAMAYYA DISTRICT, A.P. D.NO.L/35-C S. YERRAPALLI,MADANA ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED(S) AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Petltloner/accused(S): GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.l2180of2025 Dated 03.12.2025 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 437 and 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity ‘the Cr.P.C.’)/ Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 on bail in Crime No. 160 of 2025 of Dwaraka Police Station, Visakhapatnam District, registered against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B) read with 8 (c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the record, the allegations against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 are that they were found in possession and transportation of 3.5 Kgs of ganja and 750 grams of hash oil. They are not a commercial quantity. The petitioners were spot-arrested. There is one similar adverse antecedent reported against the petitioner/Accus ed No.1 and one IPC offence registered against the petitioner/Accused No.1. There are no adverse antecedents reported against the petitioners/Accu sed 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.12180 of 2025 Dated 03.12.2025 Nos.2 to 4. The petitioners were arrested on 05.11.2025 and they have been in judicial custody for the past 28 days. So far, seven witnesses have been examined. They are all material and official witnesses. The petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 have got fixed abode. Considering the severity and nature of the allegations levelled against the petitioner/Accused No.1, this Court is not inclined to grant bail at this point of time. Hence, the request for grant of bail to the petitioner/Accused No.1 is dismissed. Therefore, the petition, insofar as it relates to the petitioner/Accused No.1, is dismissed. 4. Considering the gravity and nature of the allegations levelled against the petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 on bail with the following stringent 5. conditions: i. The petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 shall be enlarged on bail subject to them executing bond for a sum of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) each with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned I Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Visakhapatnam. ii. The petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 shall appear before the Station House Officer, on every Saturday in 4 Dr. YLR, J CrLP.No.12180 of 2025 Dated 03.12.2025 between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till filing of the charge sheet. iii. The petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 shall not leave the limits of the State of Andhra Pradesh without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned. iv. The petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. V. The petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 shall cooperate with the Investigating Officer in further investigation of the case and shall make themselves available for interrogation by the Investigating Officer as and when required. vi. The petitioners/Accused Nos.2 to 4 shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the Court. 6. In the result, the Criminal Petition is partly allowed. SDI- N.NAGAMMA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The I Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Visakhapatnam VisakhapatnamDistrict. 2. The Superintendent, Central Jail, Visakhapatnam. 3. The Station House Officer, Dwaraka Police Station, Visakhapatnam District. 4. One CC to SRI. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Amaravati [OUT]. 6. One spare copy HIGH COURT DR.YLR.J DATED:03/12/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.12180 of 2025 ALLOWED