i/ lN THE HIGH COURT-OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT E= AMARAV THURSDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWOTHOUSANDANDTWENTY FIVE ~ :PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDD CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 927 OF 2025 ~ Betwee n : Bandi Pavan Kumar, S/o Satyakrishna, 25 yrs, R/o D.No. 50-64-26/9A, Block-2, BTR Colony, Relli Veedhi, RaJ-endra Nagar, Seethammapeta, Visakhapatnam. Petl-tioner/A1 ~ AND The State ofAndhra Pradesh, Rep. By its Public Prosecutor, High Court of at AmaravathI- Through Stall-on House Officer, VI TownPolice Station, Visakhapatnam Distrl'ct. Respondent Petition under section 480 & 483 of BNSS, 2023 l's filed praying that in the circumstances stated in the memorandum of grounds filed in support of the CrimI'naI Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the petitl'oners On Regular Ball to the petitioner/ accused in crime No.328 of 2024 of lV Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam District, dated 26-12-2024. ~ The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearl'ng the arguments of Sri VINODIN RUTH MADAPALLI Advocate for the Petitioner and of PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, the Court made the following .. APHCO10039842025 lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (special Original Jurisdiction) [33 27] THURSDAy, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY _CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 927,2Q25 Between : Band'I Pavan Kumar The State Of AP ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT counsel for the Pet-ItiOner/accused: 1.VINODIN RUTH MADAPALLI counsel for the Respondent/comPlainant 1.PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following ORDER: This Criminal Petit'lon, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharat|Iya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner/A1, seeking regular bail, in Crime No.328 of 2024 of lv Town Police Station, V'lsakhapatnam Commissionerate. a _-- _--*---.- 2 /? 2. A case has been registered against the petitioner herein and others for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(B) and 25 read with 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short {the NDPS Act'). 3. Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that, on 26.12.2024, at about ll.00 hours, on credible information, the Sub-Inspector of Police, lV Town Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, along with his staff and mediators, proceeded to Dhara, BS Layout, Visakhapatnam and found Al to A6 in possession and illegal transportation of 2.1 Kgs of Ganja on Yamaha R15 bike bearing registration No.AP 31 EP 5848. The contraband along with the vehicle and other material was seized under cover of a mediators report and a case has been registered against the accused. 4. Heard. Perused the record. 5. Petitioner herein was arrested on 26.12.2024 and since then he is in judicial remand. The quantity of Ganja allegedly seized from the possession of the accused is 2.1 Kgs, which is not a commercial quantity. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor tr-\ _-=- _ ____ _ . . 3 r, submitted that major portion of investigation has been completed,. 6. ln view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner/Al on the following conditions. i) The petitioner/Al shall be released on bail on his executing a `personal bond for Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) with two sureties of the like sum each to the satisfactio`n of the learned I Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. ii) on release, the petitioner shall appear before the Station House Officer concerned, once in a week i.e., on every Saturday between 10.00 am and 01.00 pm, till filing of the charge sheet. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. SD/- v|sAVITHRI GOWRl ASSISTAN S E5TI ONJ6FtrF STRAR //TRUE COPY// To] 1. The Addl. Chief Judie-lal Magistrate, V'lsakhapatnam. 2. The Station House Officer, VI TownPolice Station, Visakhapatnam District. 3. The Super'lntendent, Central Jail, Visakhapatnam. 4. One CC to SRl. VINODIN RUTH MADAPALLI Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two cos to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. j[OUT] 6. One spare copy. ER I, HIGH COURT SRK, J DATED: 06/02/2025 BAIL ORDER CRLP.No.927 of 2025 ALLOWED ~l-r. .I -*,n` .A