/? /, ® v IN THE HIGH COURT oF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: { I \ THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY " CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 799 OF 2025 Betwee n : I 3239] .£2:€-a-F:§_ife `*._ '.:- Killo Sathibabu, s/o. Late Musiri, aged about 35 years, R/o. DagudubiIIi vl'llage, Duliyaputtu panchayat, chitrakonda Block, Malkanagiri District, Odl-sha State. Petl-tioner/Accused No.7 AND The State ofAndhra pradesh, Rep by l'ts Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Respondent petition under sections 437 & 439 of Cr.P.C, prayl'ng that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitioner/Accused No.7 on bail Pending dI-SPOSal of Crime No.42/2023 of Chinthapalli p.s., now AIluri Sitharama Raju District. The petition 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 petl'tioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent and the court made the following,I lN THE HIGH couRT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (SpecI-al Original JurI-SdjCtiOn) FRIDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY !B!n4!±!AL±±E±!I!QN NO : 799,2025 Between.I Killo Sathl'babu AND The State of Andhra pradesh Counsel for the petI-tiOner/accused: 1. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO [323 9] u.PETITIONER/ACCUSED ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This CrimI-nal Petition under sections 480 & 483 of the Bharatiya Nagaraik suraksha sanhjta, 2023 ,'s filed to enlarge the petl'tjoner on bail, 2. The petitioner js A-7 in Crime No.42 of 2023 of ChinthapaIIi Police Station, visakhapatnam District. 3. A case under sections 20(b)(ji)(C) and 25 I/w 8(c) of the Narcotl'c Drugs and psychotropl®c substance Act,1985 was registered against the petitioner and others I'n the above crime. +--i-.--_ -----=+ ©'~ I_ 4. Case of the prosecution is that on 09.08.2023 at about 07.30 A.M., the sub-Inspector of Police, Chirfuhapalli Police Station along with his staff and mediators apprehended A.1 and A.2 while they were transporting 489.110 Kgs of Ganja. After conducting Panchanama and after seizing contraband, he arrested both A.1 and A.2, who were remanded to judicial custody. During the course of investigation, A.1 and A.2 confessed about the involvement of the \ petitioner-A.7 also. On the basis of said confession, A.7 was produced on 25.07.2024 on P.T. warrant, who was remanded to judicial custody. Ever since, he is in custody. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner was arrested on 25.07.2024 and ever since he is in judicial custody. He further contends that though the statutory period of 180 days have been completed, the police did not file charge sheet. As such, he requests this Court to enlarge the petitioner/A.7 on bail. 6. On the other hand, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, on \I instructions, confirms the factum of non-filing of charge sheet though the statutory period of 180 days have been completed. 7. In view of the above facts and circumstances, as the police have not filed charge sheet till the completion of statutory period, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/A.7 on following conditions. (a) The petitioner/A.7 is directed to be enlarged on bail on his execution of personal bond for Rs'.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Metropolitan Sessions Judge, E`.-ri' ~l ct .-- I,,I:fl+:::,:,1tll:,,hm, To, I \ \ i visakhapatnam. on his release, the petitioner shall report before || the station House Officer of Chinthapalli Police Station, visakhapatnam District twice in a Week i.e., On every Monday and Thursday between 10.00 AM and 1.00 PM, till the entire investigation is cdmpleted and charge sheet is filed in this case. (b) The petitioner/A.7 shall not make any attempt to tamper with the prosecution evidence. He shall make himself available to the Investigating officer as and when required by them to facilitate proper investigation in this Case. (c) The petitioner/A.7 shall scrupulously comply with the above conditions and any infraction of the same will be viewed seriously. Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is allowed. //TRUE COPY// For. sD/- K.SRINIVASA RAJU ASSISTANT SECTION O lSTRAF€ iCER 1.. I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act, Visakhapatnam 2. The Metropolitan Sessions Judge-Gum-I Additional District & Sessions Judge-Special Judge for Trial of Offences under NDPS Act: Visakhapatnam. 3. The Superintendent, Central Jal'l, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 4. The S.H.O., Chinthapalli P.S., now AIluri Sitharama Raju District 5. One CC to SRI. GOLLAPALLI MAHESWARA RAO Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CCs to PublI-C Prosecutor, High Court ofAP [OuT] 7, One spare copy Kj ~7 HIGH COURT KSR,J DATED:31/01/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLPINo.799 of 2025 ALLOWED ry::.-:£; 3,1,jAV 2025 ::;fSy;`.f`~)g#€-%*Fffl `