IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 12356 OF 2025 Between: Thudum Dhanunjaya, S/o Venkateswarlu, Aged 22 Years, Residing at D.No.2-28, Komapalle PosL' Sigapur, Komapalle, Nalgonda District, Telangana State. ...Petitioner/Accused No.1 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. .. ... Respondent/Complainant Petition under Section 480 & 483 of BNSS, is filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to release the petitioner on bail in Cr No.52 of 2025, Chinturu Police Station. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Ms. Koppisetti Parvati Devi, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Public Prosecutor for Respondent, the Court made the following 2 Dr.YLR.J CrI.R No. 12356 of 2025 Datedi0.12.2025 The Court made the following: ORDER: The Criminal Petition has been filed under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity ‘the BNSS’), seeking to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail in Crime No.52 of 2024 of Chinturu Police Station A.S.R District, registered against the Petitioner/Accused No.1 herein for the offences punishable under Sections 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity ‘the NDPS Act’). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. Perused the record. 3. As seen from the record, the Petitioner/Accused No.1 was allegedly found in possession and transportation of 10.00 Kgs of Ganja. It is not a commercial quantity. There are no adverse similar criminal antecedents reported against the petitioner. The petitioner was arrested on 03.11.2025. He has been in judicial custody for the past 37 days. So far, 2 witnesses are examined. They are all official witnesses. The petitioner may not be in a position to threaten the official witnesses or tamper with the evidence. The petitioner is at the impressionable age of 22 years. The petitioner is a permanent resident of Komapalle, Nalgonda District, Telangana State. He has got fixed abode. No application was filed seeking custodial interrogation of the petitioner. Substantial portion of the investigation has been completed. 3 Dr. YLR,J CrI..P No. 12356 of 2025 Dated 10.12.2025 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature and gravity of allegations levelled against the Petitioner/Accused No.1, this Court is inclined to enlarge the Petitioner/Accused No.1 on bail. In the result, the Criminal Petition is allowed with the following stringent 5. conditions: \ i. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall be enlarged on bail subject to his executing bond for a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties each for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rampachodavaram. ii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall appear before the Investigation Officer, on every Saturday in between 10:00 am and 05:00 pm, till filing of the charge sheet, iii. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not leave the limits of the District without prior permission from the Station House Officer concerned. iv. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall not commit or indulge in commission of any offence in future. V. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 shall cooperate with the investigating officer in further investigation of the case and shall make himself available for interrogation by the Investigating Officer as and when required. 4 Dr.YLR.J Crl.RNo. 12356 of 2025 Dated 10.12.2025 Vi. The Petitioner/Accused No.1 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. SD/- M.SRmVAS ASSISTANT f^GISTRAR SECTION OFFlC^ // //TRUE COPY// To, 1. The Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate 2. The Superintendent, Central Prison, 3. The Station House Officer. Chinturu District. 4. OneCCto Ms. Koppisetti Parvati Devi 5. Two CCs Amaravati.[OUT] 6. One spare copy. at Rampachodavaram. Rajahmundry. Police Station, Alluri Sitharamaraj u Advocate [OPUC] High Court of A.P. to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, PSD »»-—. HIGH COURT DR.YLR,J DATE:10/12/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.12356 of 2025 ALLOWED