lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVA TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT.I THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE DR V R K KRUPA SAGAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 734 OF 2025 Between.. *: i_,:i Soyam Sandeep, s/o late Mukesh, aged about 24 Year, R/o Peda Gumpu, Chatti Village, Chinturu (M), ASR District, Andhra Pradesh, Aadhar: 9420 2543 4646 Petitioner/Accused-A2 AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, Rep, by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Andhra PradeSh At Amaravatl-. Respondent/Complainant Petition under sections 48`o & 483 of BNSS (Old Sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C), praying that in the cl'rcumstances stated in the affl-davit filed in support Of the Criminal Petl-lion, the High Court may be pleased to release th6 Petitioner/ A2 on bal'I in Cr.No. 67/2024 of the Chinturu Poll'ce StatI'On, AIIuri seetha Rama Raju District under section 8 (C) r/w 2O(b)(ii)(C), of NDPS Act 1985. The petition coming-on for hearing, upon perusl'ng the petition and the grounds filed I-n support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of sri KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA R'AJU, Advocate for the petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the; following; i \` lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE DR V R K KRUPA SAGAR r CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 734 of 2025 ORDER: This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short [BNNS') is filed by petitioner/A2, seeking regular bail in Crime No.67 of 2024 of Chinturu Police Station, A[Iuri Seetha Rama Raju District registered for the offences punishable under Section 8(c) r/w 20 (b)(ii)(C) of NDPS Act, 1985. \` 2. Heard Sri Kakumanu Joji Amrutha Raju, learned counsel for petitioner/A2 and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondenVState. 3. Perused the record. 4. Having heard the learned counsel on both sides and perused the record, it is seen that on 27.08.2024, the raiding party recovered 30 kgs of ganja and arrested seven accused and it is alleged that one more accused was present at the scene, but absconded. The present petitioner is A2, seeks regular bail. The learned Assistant Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail application. 5. The submissions from both sides indicate that the other accused have already been granted bail. The bail petitions of the petitioner were dismissed on two earlier occasions. In view of the near completion of the investigation, the release of the other accused on bail, and the fact that ~aRrmrmraRT.rj72*Lt,IiiXro-)",Kmt)!o!::ra}(aunAe,|trQ-eeinx,"`or~`\ c- the petitioner has been in judicial custody for more than five months, any further contl'nuation of detention does not seem necessary. Hence, this Court fI-ndS that Petitioner/A2 shall be enlarged on 'baiI. 6. ln view of the said circumstances, the criminal Pet,'tion is allowed. Petitioner herein/A2 shall be enlarged on bail on executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand only) with two suretI®eS Of the like sum each to the satisfactI'On Of the learned Special SessI'OnS Judge for trI'al Of the Cases under the NarcotI'C Drugs and psychotropic substances Act, 1985-Gum-I Additional SessI-OnS Judge, East Godavari District, Rajamahendravaram. The petitI-Oner iS Permitted to furnish the sureties from the state of Andhra Pradesh. petitioner/A2 shall mark his attendance before the Investigating offl-cer on lSt and 15th of every month between 10.00 A.M. and 1.00 P.M. till filing of the charge sheet. petitioner/A2 sha" make himself avaI-Iable for investl®gation by a POIice officer as and when required, and he shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any persons acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the court or to any police offI-Cer. He shall not indulge I'n Similar acts of crime and shall duly attend the trial of the case. The petitioner shall regularly appear before the competent court and Participate in pre-trial and trial process without fail. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. //TRUE COPY// ---- / _,_/' \_ `- To] 1. The Special Sessions Judge for Trial of the Cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985-Gum-I Additional Sessions Judge- East Godavari District Rajamahendravaram ...I 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, Rajamahendravaram y# 3. The S.H.O., Chinturu Police Station, AIIuri Seetha Rama Raju District fJ 4. One CC to SRl. KAKUMANU JOJI AMRUTHA RAJU Advocate [OPUC] f# 5. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OUT] fz27 6. One spare copy KJ I. lJ4Ar J~ - ;rfrf HIGH COURT DR. VRKS,J DATED:28/01/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.734 of 2025 ALLOWED 2 © \jAN ?fl?5 -,,frf,<#ct R=EE